Tony Abbott

Ousted Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's fondness for eating raw onions has inspired a social media campaign: #Putoutyouronions. Paul J. Richards/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Tony Abbott was ousted as Australia's leader after his own party backed Malcolm Turnbull on Monday. Abbott is seen here during a question time at Parliament House last month. Stefan Postles/Getty Images hide caption

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott visits the Endeavour Hills police station in Melbourne, Australia, on Friday. Abbott has declined to refute claims that his government paid smugglers to turn back would-be asylum seekers. Tracey Nearmy/EPA/Landov hide caption

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott (left) sparked the ire of the opposition Liberal Party by comparing its leader to Nazi propaganda chief Joseph Goebbels. YouTube hide caption

Prime Minister Tony Abbott rankled the judges of the Prime Minister's Literary Award with a last-minute announcement. Judge Les Murray later called Abbott's pick a "stupid and pretentious book." Stefan Postles/Getty Images hide caption

Sgt. Trent Wyatt looks out an observation window on Friday from aboard a Royal New Zealand air force P-3 Orion maritime search aircraft as it flies over the southern Indian Ocean. So far there's been no sign of Malaysian Airlines Flight 370. But officials are hoping that sounds detected below the surface are coming from one or both of the plane's black boxes. Richard Wainwright/Reuters/Landov hide caption

Women hold a banner celebrating Australia's next prime minister, conservative Tony Abbott, in Sydney. Abbott swept away Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, as voters punished Labor for years of internal party warfare. Saeed Khan/AFP/Getty Images hide caption

Australian Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Pool/Getty Images hide caption