What a load of rubbish this piece is!It starts out with a big call, that Abbott will be replaced , and then fails utterly to make the case for the prediction. Frankly its just a piece of wishful thinking from the anti Abbott brigade that is just confirmation bias made manifest.

Well…. of COURSE Abbott is a dud already!

For as long as he tows the absurd economic rationalist line of very rapid continuous growth with no end in sight, he’ll be a total dud.

What we desperately need in this country is to steadily reduce immigration down to net zero and to head towards a stable population, so that the demand for everything (all manner of goods, services, resources, healthy environment, etc) can actually stop forever increasing…. and thus we can have some hope of getting the supply side up to scratch.

THIS is the most fundamental point in the management of a healthy nation, with a high quality of life and a healthy economy that can be maintained in an ongoing manner.

Instead of this, we get the utterly absurd situation where all growth is seen as good…. even when it is blatantly obvious that there are huge downsides.

Rapidly increasing the demand for everything comes out on the positive side of the economic ledger in the minds of our nutcase politicians and economists (read: pseudoeconomists or downright merchants of false economics!)

We’ve got to get it through our heads that a stabilisation or at least a much lower rate of growth of the demand side of the equation is ESSENTIAL, so that all the massive effort that is going into increasing supply can actually lead to real improvements, instead of struggling (and failing) to keep up with demand. Think: roads, health, education, and all manner of other basic services and infrastructure.

Abbott will absolutely dud out, because he will not go anywhere near recognising this essential bottom line.

So it just remains to be seen whether Labor will embrace a regime of sustainability in the lead-up to the next election. (Hmmm…. Fat chance!)

So Syd the only good Prime Minister was the philandering Hawke? I agree that Gillard and Rudd actually vie for being the worst PM's even beating Whitlam but TA, really Syd? TA saw off Gillard, Rudd and Turnbull and now you are nominating Joe Hockey.
It must really irk you that TA has virtually stopped the boats and has got the ridiculous politics off the front page.
Syd he won, you lost this is not Russia or China get over it.

Syd, this pile of nonsense certainly shows your frustration with the success of the coalition, but conveys nothing at all about Tony Abbott.

Lies and nonsense by Labor and the Left played a part in Howard’s political demise, but Abbott has shown that he will not be such an easy target for the likes of you.

Syd, are you awake, or just mumbling in a dream?

The consistent thread in your contribution, if there is one at all, is that Labor, in all forms (Whitlam, Hawke, Rudd and Gillard - did you forget Keating?) is bad.

Since it is evident that you are incapable of seeing any good in these administrations, it is completely to be expected that you cannot see the bad in any conservative administration.

The author made a statement and supported it, in a short article. Perhaps, if the article was ten times as long, there would have been ten times the detail - who knows? The fact is, that at least his position was explained.

I have had substantial reservations with every PM since I started voting and have been completely dismayed by, for example, Rudd's inability to actually manage and Keating's totally unnecessary tendency towards abuse and name-calling.

Regarding Tony Abbott, I cannot ignore some of the things which have been put before us by the author. I didn't know about the PM's holiday in France, but it sure fits. He is welcome to go to France - that isn't the issue as far as I am concerned.

My main issue is that this man is untrustworthy to the core and, as a result, doesn't even trust himself to communicate. He knows, and it shows, that every time he speaks, it is either to hide the truth or to tell an untruth.

Even his fellow travellers cannot put up with this behaviour for long. Change will come. The Libs will eventually choose as their leader a person who can communicate and who has a positive message - even if only about his holiday plans.

Apologies to Syd: My comment was in response to Leo.

Syd, while ZPG is a sensible goal, there are many more pressing issues right now - for example, the challenges of climate change and resource depletion will not be met without serious efforts well beyond population stabilisation, yet they are considered to be heresies and thus not worthy of consideration, let alone action.