Tony Abbott has thrown his support behind an anti-drugs program for parents after he said his teenage daughter called him a ''lame, gay churchy loser''.

The Opposition spokesman for families was trying to talk to the 18-year-old about the perils of drug abuse at the launch of the How To Drug-Proof Your Kids program yesterday.

"I was talking to my 18-year-old daughter just the other day with what I was thought was a worthy moral exhortation.



"She said: 'Well, what would you know dad? You're just a lame, gay, churchy loser.' "

Only a year ago, police were called to Mr Abbott's home to disperse a crowd of revellers trying to gatecrash his daughter's birthday party.