Prime Minister Tony Abbott has found himself the victim of a series of Twitter parodies after posting a photo – or a selfie – of himself on the phone on the social media site.

The image of Mr Abbott was captioned that he was getting an update on the missing Malaysian Airlines flight MH370 from Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston.

In the hours following the tweet, a large number of photos have been posted on Twitter ridiculing Mr Abbott, not unlike the response when British Prime Minister David Cameron posted an image of himself on the phone talking to US President Barack Obama earlier this year.

Here is a taste of some of the images that have appeared.

Just got an update on the search for #MH370 from JACC Chief Coordinator Air Chief Marshal Angus Houston (Ret’d) pic.twitter.com/Gnmq5zSmgg

— Tony Abbott (@TonyAbbottMHR) April 9, 2014

@TonyAbbottMHR m8 what’s happening? pic.twitter.com/eovC3kE730

— Sir Bernard T. Bolt (@bernietb) April 9, 2014

BREAKING: PM Tony Abbott takes another call on search for #MH370. “Most promising lead yet” pic.twitter.com/pQwXqWVpA2

— Canberra Memes (@CanberraMemes) April 10, 2014

Tony Abbott Was Just Asking To Become A Meme When He Posted This Picture http://t.co/5DRwsdJrvX #auspol pic.twitter.com/bCVtOHpU3y

— BuzzFeed Australia (@BuzzFeedOz) April 10, 2014

And then you have some of the photos that took aim at Mr Cameron.

I’ve been speaking to @BarackObama about the situation in Ukraine. We are united in condemnation of Russia’s actions. pic.twitter.com/7Rk2k8iOIK

— David Cameron (@David_Cameron) March 5, 2014

Yes, Dave, this is Dog pic.twitter.com/pbElW856BO

— Jon Bounds (@bounder) March 5, 2014