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Garpal Gumnut said:
It would appear that the judgement of Tony Abbott is being brought in to question.

re the Wink.

I see it as harmless.

The 4th Mrs Gumnut with much vehemence sees it otherwise, and self preservation being my primary politic, I raise it here.

I feel TA is a fit person to be PM.

What do others think.

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Well GG, I have to agree with you, contrary to what the press and left wing loonies believe, Tony was elected by the majority to fix the budget.

Take chanel 10(I do have shares in them, unfortunately) I watch the maronic news readers and the pimple faced youngsters bag Abbott over and over senslesly.
Then I go and sit in a corner and shred $notes.
The majority voted for him, Labor had their worst result in memory and these dicks are taking sides.

All they have to do is be neutral, but no, lets not let a T.V station get in the way of personal bias.

http://www.smh.com.au/entertainment...to-uninspiring-leadership-20140521-zrkdt.html

They blame leadership, but when you see the constant dribble from news readers, it becomes obvious.
Abbott was voted in get over it, read the news don't put your bent on it.OMG
Faifax had strikes because of lay offs, stop being a Labor Party newspapr, they are only popular with 30% of the population. Just print the news.
IT ISN'T ROCKET SCIENCE, THE MAJORITY ARE WELL INFORMED, THEY DON'T NEED YOUR OPINION JUST NEWS.
 
Bye Bye Tony, apparently your a good bloke, however its over - gone in 8 or 10 weeks for sure.

The Noalition cannot win with TA, vote 1 MT.
 
sptrawler said:
Tony was elected by the majority to fix the budget.
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The trouble is that the Liberals actually seem to think that the budget is the whole show.

In reality, it's just one area in which voters want government to perform reasonably well. But it is not the only one, and fixing the budget does not warrant the outright "born to rule" nastiness displayed by the Liberals both state and federal in recent times. :2twocents
 
So_Cynical said:
Bye Bye Tony, apparently you're a good bloke, however its over - gone in 8 or 10 weeks for sure.

The Noalition cannot win with TA, vote 1 MT.
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Could there be a more fitting end for an old seminarian than a crucifixion around easter.... There'll be no shortage of people denying him thrice at least. He's been denied entry into Queensland that many times in the last month.

Are there any positives for Australia from Nick Minchin's term as a parliamentarian? I can think of none.
 
From The Age:
Mr Abbott on Sunday reminded voters he had been elected Prime Minister and said leadership was not a popularity contest.

The comments in bold are what the interviewer should have said during this interview:

"The people of Australia elected me as Prime Minister … but in the end government is not a popularity contest it's a competence contest," he said.

(It’s neither. It's an unpopularity contest. You are winning hands down and are incompetent for thinking otherwise)

Mr Abbott played down federal factors in the Queensland result but conceded his decision to make Prince Philip a knight had been a "distraction" for "a couple of days".

(Ha ha more like for every day since it was announced and do you think it will disappear off the radar screen when the investiture is conducted)

"Obviously there are lessons from the result in Queensland. The lessons are not to give up on reform but to make sure that everything you propose is fully explained and well justified, and obviously that's a lesson we're determined to learn in Canberra as well," he said.

(Unfortunately though Mr Abbott you are a slow learner)
 
Tony has to go. He can pull out as many rabbits as he likes over the next few days, weeks or months but it won't make any difference to the electorate. The sooner the LNP realises this the better.
 
dutchie said:
Tony has to go. He can pull out as many rabbits as he likes over the next few days, weeks or months but it won't make any difference to the electorate. The sooner the LNP realises this the better.
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It won't make one iota of difference , as we have seen in Victoria and Queensland the days of Conservative Governments are over. The public in Tasmania wanted to see the end of the Labor / Green destruction and bankruptcy as well. A few months in and they are bitching they want it back the old way.
Union run Labor / Green communism , with age of entitlement from the public purse is alive and well.
One World Government from the UN is the next step.
 
Tony is on the hustings to win back his birthright....... and Kevin Andrews sees himself deputy material.:D
 
I was looking at other stuff and ran into the following press release.

I reflected on the scorn and sophistry from Abbott and his deputy and the more recent cheshire grinning Julie Bishop as she planted her bum of the seat amongst the big boys that she and her cronies scoffed at only few years prior.

Interestingly this release doesn't mention Bill Shorten and the working class being blamed for something :

http://foreignminister.gov.au/releases/2012/bc_mr_121019.html
 
Tony Abbott: 2010 Give me the job or I'll wreck the place. 2016 Give me the job or I'll wreck my pants.

He makes that party unelectable :frown:
 
I follow Abbott on twitter and have never seen any evidence of Turnbull hate driving his narratives on policy. He's actually fairly consistent.

So now we have an ex army bloke who wants to be a women without the pinky bits that go with that, giving sage advice:

Transgender broadcaster and columnist Catherine McGregor says her friend Tony Abbott has become “consumed” and “lost balance” since he was ousted as prime minister, as she discussed remarks he made last week calling on the government to cut immigration.

Ms McGregor told the ABC’s Q&A she advised Mr Abbott to stay out of the spotlight after he was ousted.

“I’ve known Tony for about 35 years,” she said. “I would say two things in his defence. One — he’s a great person of great magnanimity. He doesn’t hold grudges. I do think he’s lost balance on Malcolm Turnbull. I think he’s consumed by that and, sometimes, he’s not the best self that he’s capable of.

“All I’ve said to him — I’m not breaking a confidence when I say this, because I’ve had this discussion with other people close to him and people in the media and the political process — that I believe he erred in not really, basically, letting last year run its course. I was a sympathiser of his, but I said two things to him ... I sent him a text and I just nominated a couple of outlets I thought he should stay away from in the media — ‘Don’t go down the Trump road if you want to retain the Menzian centre-right tradition in Australian politics.’
“And I just said to him, ‘You should shut up. The guy who you should emulate is Keating. Keating tried to take Hawke down and, when it failed, he made the party come to him.’ I said, this bloke’s got a cloth ear, and that’s been revealed too.”

Ms McGregor said publicly in October last year it was “impossible“ to be friends with the former Prime Minister due to his position on same-sex marriage, but told the program on Monday night rumours of their falling out had been exaggerated.

Following Mr Abbott’s call for reduced immigration to ease population strains, the panel largely disagreed with the proposition but said “candid” conversation around the issue was necessary.
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Tisme said:
I follow Abbott on twitter and have never seen any evidence of Turnbull hate driving his narratives on policy. He's actually fairly consistent.

So now we have an ex army bloke who wants to be a women without the pinky bits that go with that, giving sage advice:
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I wish the immigration proponents would give an economic justification of high immigration instead of playing the racism card every time cutting it is mentioned.

With whole industries disappearing and most of the rest being mechanised or automated in some way there just won't be the jobs available in future as there were in the past.

The LNP and Labor have conspired to ruin the education system by delivering an excess of university graduates who can't get a job, and a shortage of skilled trades that we have to import from OS.

Get the TAFES back in action and recognise that university is not for everyone, and we might have a chance of satisfying our own skill needs without a mass immigration program.
 
SirRumpole said:
I wish the immigration proponents would give an economic justification of high immigration instead of playing the racism card every time cutting it is mentioned.

With whole industries disappearing and most of the rest being mechanised or automated in some way there just won't be the jobs available in future as there were in the past.

The LNP and Labor have conspired to ruin the education system by delivering an excess of university graduates who can't get a job, and a shortage of skilled trades that we have to import from OS.

Get the TAFES back in action and recognise that university is not for everyone, and we might have a chance of satisfying our own skill needs without a mass immigration program.
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You only have to look no further than security in airports and govt branches to see racial preference in practice. It seems no one, but Indians can do the job.
 
If you want ecomonic justification - it hides lack of general growth. More people = more demand.

As for Abbott - he uses other mediums than Twitter for comments. His radio interviews and on the spot quetions leaves many without doubt some of his barbs are directed at Mal.
 
boofhead said:
If you want ecomonic justification - it hides lack of general growth. More people = more demand.

As for Abbott - he uses other mediums than Twitter for comments. His radio interviews and on the spot quetions leaves many without doubt some of his barbs are directed at Mal.
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I guess what I'm saying is he is consistent before and after.
 
One honest man, speaking the truth to power about immigration.

What should really concern us, is his subsequent treatment by political vested interests.
 
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