Former Prime Minister of Australia Tony Abbott stopped in Harden on April 4 during his Pollie Pedal ride through the region. Mr Abbott was offerred a short history lesson regarding Bill the Bastard before departing town. He said he had heard the story about Bill and was interested to learn a bit more. The former PM certainly has a sense of humour. He said “What will be the caption for this photo? Two bastards?” When asked about the current PM he gave a diplomatic answer even though our staff got the feeling he may have wanted to say a little more.