First family loves an op shop bargain, PM's wife Margie Abbott reveals

By Tim Barlass
Updated August 29 2014 - 10:14am, first published August 23 2014 - 2:27pm
Second-hand rose: Margie Abbott in the Salvation Army store in Manly after launching National Op Shop Week on Saturday. Photo: Daniel Munoz/Getty Images
Second-hand rose: Margie Abbott in the Salvation Army store in Manly after launching National Op Shop Week on Saturday. Photo: Daniel Munoz/Getty Images
Books, clothes, anything: Op shopping is the "first port of call" for the Abbott family, pictured on election night 2013. Photo: Alex Ellingshausen
Books, clothes, anything: Op shopping is the "first port of call" for the Abbott family, pictured on election night 2013. Photo: Alex Ellingshausen
Trash to treasure: Mrs Abbott at the op shop checkout.  Photo: Daniel Munoz/Getty Images
Trash to treasure: Mrs Abbott at the op shop checkout. Photo: Daniel Munoz/Getty Images

It's amazing what you can pick up at the op shop - and you might even bump into the prime minister's wife.