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minister office: Port Moresby was the destination of Mr Abbott last overseas trip as prime minister last September before Malcolm Turnbull toppled him for the top job days after he returned from the Pacific Islands Forum, according to Nine News Australia. From afar Mr O'Neill has watched the game of musical chairs in the prime minister office in Canberra."I have always had a very warm relationship with Tony Abbott, as I have with all Australian prime ministers who have served over the past five years during my time in office," Mr O'Neill said. Peter O'Neill said the pair had "informal wide ranging" talks and discussed the achievements of both governments, national development, Pacific affairs and sport. They also discussed the PNG government economic woes, falling commodity prices and how Mr O'Neill was trying to shield free education and universal healthcare from budget cuts. PNG is hosting the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation summit in 2018. Mr O'Neill asked Mr Abbott to support a push for PNG to have a team in the NRL and one day host the Commonwealth Games. (news.financializer.com). As reported in the news.