Abbott stars as Indiana Jones in latest parody video

Abbott stars as Indiana Jones in latest parody video

TONY Abbott was the butt of plenty of jokes during his prime ministership — remember the fallout from the suppository remark? — and his recent unseating has done nothing to stop the laughs.

Today the deposed PM has become the subject of a hilarious new video by political satirist Huw Parkinson.

Taking inspiration from the Indiana Jones film trilogy, “Indiana Abbott and the Last Crusade”

takes a lighthearted look at Mr Abbott’s adventures in Australia’s top job, including the repeal of the carbon tax, the axing of the mining tax, his effort to “stop the boats”and, of course, his promise to shirt-front Russian President Vladimir Putin.

New PM Malcolm Turnbull and Abbott’s former chief of staff Peta Credlin are among Mr Abbott’s contemporaries who score cameos in the two-minute clip.

This is far from the first time Parkinson has used his clever editing skills to lampoon pollies — he has previously cast Joe Hockey in True Detective, Clive Palmer inArrested Development and Jacqui Lambie in Ghostbusters.

But the video comes at a difficult end of a difficult week for Mr Abbott, who may now face a struggle to retain his seat of Warringah.