Former PM Tony Abbott spotted directing traffic in Sydney car park

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Former prime minister Tony Abbott was filmed helping ease a traffic jam in a Sydney CBD theatre car park after the boom gate appeared to malfunction. This video includes ACM-produced voiceover powered by AI.

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00:00Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been filmed directing traffic in a busy Sydney

00:04CBD theatre car park.

00:07Footage shared online showed Abbott in a shirt and tie, holding open a boom gate to allow

00:11cars to exit after theatre-goers created a bottleneck and the gate appeared to malfunction.

00:17The incident, believed to have occurred in June, beneath the Theatre Royal Sydney followed

00:21a performance of Cats.

00:23Abbott, who served as Australia's Prime Minister from 2013 to 2015 and represented Warringah

00:29for 25 years, stepped in to clear the jam until vehicles could move freely.

00:34While no longer in politics, he remains active in various volunteer roles.

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