Mr Abbott has come good again maintaining his promises. Somehow could never see Gillard Shorten and co doing this
Sydney (AFP) - Australian premier Tony Abbott shifted his office to a tent in an isolated Aboriginal community Monday, keeping a promise made when he came to power despite having just committed troops to the fight against Islamic State.
Abbott vowed to spend a week each year in a remote indigenous location when he was sworn in 12 months ago, seeking to be the "prime minister for Aboriginal affairs".
He made good on his commitment by moving the hub of government to a tent compound on the outskirts of Nhulunbuy on the northern tip of Australia, nearly 1,000 kilometres (620 miles) east of Darwin.
Despite the remote location, he said he would stay in close contact with Canberra and had access to secure communications to do so.
"Obviously, if there are dramatic new developments I can move if needs be," he said during a round of morning radio and television interviews, a day after committing 600 troops to a multinational strike force against Islamic State militants in Iraq and Syria.
