Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott will enjoy a memorable send-off when a lavish farewell dinner is held in his honour next week.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott attended the holiest site in Sikhism, the Golden Temple in Punjab, India, as part of celebrations for the 550th birthday of the religion's founder, Guru Nanak Dev.

Tony Abbott has reportedly visited convicted paedophile George Pell in a Melbourne prison on Monday.

Mr Abbott, who has volunteered with the Rural Fire Service for more than a decade, was pictured at the Bargo BP service station wearing the yellow uniform of his Davidson squadron.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott has been spotted in his firefighting gear battling blazes south of Sydney for the second time this week, as Scott Morrison faces criticism for his family holiday.

Tony Abbott joined the NSW Rural Fire Service in 2000 while he was a minister and skipped cabinet meetings to help his Sydney brigade fight fires or clear storm damage, his captain said.

Former PM Tony Abbott spoke of going up against 20m walls of flame, leading crews into the inferno, and what inspired him to join, telling his story along with three other NSW RFS members.

The former prime minister donned a breathing apparatus and oxygen tank in 45C heat as he fought a fire that engulfed a home in Bendalong over the weekend.

Tony Abbott has arrived at the Rural Fire Service in south coast of New South Wales, as he prepares for another day of battling blazes.

Former Prime Minister Tony Abbott was seen treating himself to an ice cold beer at the Snow Goose Hotel in Adaminaby, after a long day of battling blazes in NSW. 

The party was hosted by Australian billionaire businessman Anthony Pratt, with former prime minister Tony Abbott and golfer Greg Norman among the star-studded guest list.

Mr Abbott said the fires were always going to happen in a country like Australia and hit out at those saying global warming was the cause as almost 'religious' in their beliefs.

Speaking at an event at Centre for Independent Studies in Sydney on Tuesday night, Mr Abbott said lower birthrate figures among the middle class were a 'real problem'.

Frances Loch, 28, posted a photo of her wedding day that highlighted how much her life has changed since she wed Sam Loch on Valentines Day 2018 - most notably her radically different haircut.

Tony Abbott said he believes Australia's response to the pandemic has been 'better' than other countries as the government has been thinking of a scenario such as this for many years.

The Irishman is three-and-a-half hours long and is out on Netflix towards the end of the month, raising the initially tempting prospect of watching it at home, maybe spread over two, even three nights.

Somewhat improbably, this is a film that brings together two of the biggest franchises in the film-making world.

Film noir - that knowing mix of murder, a crumpled private investigator in a brimmed hat and always, but always, a deadly dame - is one of my favourite genres.

When he's in the right mood and in the right film, Danny DeVito is a class act.

At the media screening of what appears to be the last Star Wars film, a brief shot of the Scottish actor Denis Lawson at the controls of a Rebel Alliance fighter flashed up on to the screen.

My mother, a former actress, adored Little Women and read the book aloud to my sisters and me, with different voices for each of the March sisters.

By strange happenstance, Guy Ritchie's new film is full of actors I haven't always been very complimentary about being really rather good - with one disappointing exception.

I first saw Bombshell a few weeks ago, and when I told people what a treat they had heading their way, they naturally wanted to know what it was about.

As nomination season for the big film awards comes to a close, it is clear there are both winners - basically Joker, 1917, The Irishman and Once Upon A Time In Hollywood - and losers.

Amazingly, the great Clint Eastwood will be 90 years old this year, but there's little sign of his film-making career - now well into its seventh decade - slowing down.

Until 2008, Robert Downey Jr was best known as the troubled actor who failed to live up to the Oscar-nominated promise he demonstrated in Chaplin & came close to wrecking his career with drugs.

Before it hits what eventually turns out to be its totally delicious stride, there are moments when this new production of Jane Austen's Emma looks as if it's simply going to be too much.

By and large, I rather admire the film career carved out by Steve Coogan, an actor to whom there's always been more than the admittedly ridiculously funny Alan Partridge.

The film year is not quite the same as the calendar year, effectively running from one Oscar ceremony - this year's was in early February - to the next.

Kanchamaiporn Saithong, 35, was found sprawled on the floor of his room lying on top of the two phones after he failed to turn up for work in the city of Chonburi.

Footage shows the neighbours - an elderly man and another who appears to be in his thirties - trading feeble punches on a street in Buriram, north-eastern Thailand.

The Love Island winner, 22, put on a leggy display in a black leather mini skirt while leaving a radio station with pal Anna Vakili in London on Thursday.

The beauty, 24, shared several short clips of her chatting about trying out a new hair do on Instagram on Wednesday night, but wrote on one of her posts: 'I'm a really ugly blonde'.

Too Moo, 26, was swimming in Champion Lakes, Perth, when he failed to resurface about 6.15pm on Thursday.

A monkey refused bananas before accepting a handful of crisps by a tourist driving along Bang Saen beach, in Chon Buri, Thailand. He aggressively chucked the fruit on to their seat.

With a sheer floral shirt revealing a bright yellow bra the Love Island star brought the sun to an otherwise rainy night as she stepped out for a sushi dinner at Amazonico, in Mayfair, London.

Experts at the University of Southampton mapped the global threat using travel data. Experts say millions of Chinese people would have travelled before cities in Hubei province were put into lockdown.

Britain's No 1 boxer Josh Taylor has vowed to never again let alcohol jeopardise that hard-earned status nor imperil his golden future.

The footage was recorded by hygiene officials who visited the factory in Nong Khai, northeast Thailand, on Tuesday. The workers raise the chicken to their mouths and begin tearing at them with their teeth.

The Good Spa Guide reports a steady increase in UK spa-break bookings in general but particularly in breaks offering a taste of Thailand or a massage Moroccan-style.

Puppy Kevin was born on Sunday in Chachoengsao, central Thailand. Despite only having one eye the newborn dog appears to be otherwise healthy and is being bottle fed by his doting owners.

In a series of text exchanges seen by Daily Mail Australia, Chinese students admit rushing to 'visa-free' countries to get around the ban - and enter Australia as soon as possible.

She flaunted her sensational bikini body during her honeymoon with 'husband' David Cannon on Thursday's episode of Married At First Sight.

Lucky, the mixed two-year-old Chihuahua, was born in Bangkok, Thailand, and with an incredibly prominent, jet-black, raised eyebrow over his eye, he's often mistaken for a Disney villain.

Anutin Charnvirakul's outburst came as Thailand faced steep losses over a drop in visitors from China. The death toll in China from the coronavirus has risen to 811.

Stefan Eiriksson Andersen, 30, from Denmark, jumped from the plane after it took off from an airfield in the Sri Racha district of Chon Buri, eastern Thailand on Saturday afternoon.

Ricky Hatton has reassured fans that they can talk to him after he was pictured with a 'drug dealer' in Thailand who was struck down by coronavirus. Hatton says it was 'several years ago'.

Dean Rowland, who is thought to have spent two weeks 'exploring' the coronavirus-hit nation, posted a picture to Instagram of him wearing a facemask at Basildon University Hospital.

The medic treated a 'small number' of patients at Worthing Hospital in West Sussex (pictured) on February 4 and 5 before they became unwell and 'self-isolated'.

Two elephants were travelling through Nakhon Sawan, northern Thailand, on a heavy-load lorry when it stopped at a red light on Saturday. They reached out to grab bunches of sugar cane.