A tree honouring former prime minister Tony Abbott has been chopped down for the second time since it was planted just over two weeks ago, prompting a council to install CCTV so it does not happen a third time.
On 5 August, Abbott had travelled to the Blue Mountains for a ceremony to plant the English oak in front of a crowd of 150 people at the Corridor of Oaks – a memorial park that has seen every Australian prime minister or their nearest living relative plant a tree since 1935.
