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- Former Australian prime minister Tony Abbott has been nominated to Fox Corp's board of directors.
- The rightwing politician is a controversial figure who's called climate change science "absolute crap."
- The nomination came just a day after Lachlan Murdoch took the reins of the Fox media empire.
Media mogul Rupert Murdoch stepped down Thursday from his role at Fox and News Corp, handing over the reins to his son Lachlan.