Battlelines

Battlelines is a 2009 book by Tony Abbott, the former Prime Minister of Australia, when he was then in Opposition. The book is partly autobiographical and discusses his experiences in the Liberal Party of Australia and in the Howard Government. The book was written during Abbott's time as a Shadow Minister following the 2007 defeat of the Howard Government and prior to Abbott's 2009 Liberal Party leadership election as Leader of the Opposition in the Australian Parliament.