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Tony Abbott has hit back at a snitch who photographed him standing at a Sydney beach after a surf, then dobbed him in to police.
The former Australian prime minister was spotted at Manly's Fairy Bower Beach in the northern beaches on Wednesday morning.
He was snapped chatting to a friend along the promenade without a mask on - which is mandatory in most circumstances during the city's Covid-19 lockdown.
Mr Abbott said he had been exercising at the time and drinking a coffee, and therefore wasn't required to wear a face covering.
Tony Abbott has insisted he was 'within the rules' after being spotted without a mask down at a beach in Manly on Wednesday morning
'Look, I regard myself as having been at all times within the rules. I was surfing. That's exercise. I was with one other person. That's permitted. I then walked briskly to the coffee shop, that's permitted,' he said.
'I didn't have a mask on while I was drinking coffee. That's permitted. So, all ridgy didgy even under the current rather oppressive regime.'
The photo appears to show Mr Abbott in jeans and a jumper talking to a friend
