Farmer describes moment Abbott chows down on raw onion

By Emily Baker
Updated March 15 2015 - 9:16am, first published March 14 2015 - 10:38pm
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson
Prime Minister Tony Abbott bites into a fresh onion at the announcement of freight subsidy at Charlton Farm Produce at Moriarty. Picture: Neil Richardson

THE farmer behind the infamous raw, unpeeled onion of the Prime Minister's dreams has described witnessing our nation's leader eating one of his vegetables as a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

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