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Abbott on notice : Comments

By Graham Young, published 20/1/2014

Speaking through the latest polls electors have put Tony Abbott on notice: 'Smarten-up your act son, or you're out of the house in two year's time.'

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"Those who supported Abbott at the last election wanted the "mess" cleaned-up, but instead of immediately embarking on an energetic program Abbott and his government suddenly went quiet."

Exactly!
I enjoyed this article, because it is one of the most insightful I have read on the current Australian political landscape.

Abbott has disappointed many Coalition followers who looked to him to fix the obvious mess Labor made in their time in office, but that hasn't happened.
Except maybe the slowing down of 'The Boats', but at what price with our relationship with our closest neighbors? Certainly, they could have been more diplomatic.

One thing no one predicted before the election is that Abbott and Co would actually be quiet post election though...
Posted by Suseonline, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 1:17:37 AM
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Polls raise a lot of questions about polls.

Abbott is doing what he promised before the election, quietly going about the business of governing. The contrast with the human headlines, Kevin Rudd and Julia Whatshername, is obvious.

Acting the political celebrity, entertaining journalists and pursuing populism is not the way. Government has to manage well and that requires a steady hand on the tiller and lots of hard work. What will win for Abbott is his ability to use all of his team, which includes backbenchers. PMs who take the easy path and rely on the Executive as the sounding board, to avoid broader consultation and to make all decisions will pay a high price eventually. Abbott needs to take the high, hard road and keep all of his parliamentary colleagues busy doing real work and not sitting back for the 'Boss' to discover needs, make recommendations and carry the load implementing them.

Abbott appears to be doing that, ie involving his team, which again stands in stark contrast to the one man bands that went before. The massive egos of Rudd and Julia Whatshername saw them monopolising the stage. That suited lazy journalists, particularly where their own masters are busy trying to sort online publishing. However it is not the Westminster way of doing things, or of being accountable. Ministers need to make an appearance, but only where there is something concrete to announce. As well, they should be choosey about the forums to make announcements. Otherwise it becomes the circus that the previous government was noted for.

I would say that Shorten is taking the risky course of easy, unaccountable populism and he will pay the piper for that in the fullness of time.

I am sure the electorate prefers an effective, hard-working team with a leader who is willing to delegate, while insisting on solid results rather than brief flares of 'creativity' and 'initiative'.
Posted by onthebeach, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 6:35:36 AM
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At the next election we will be asked if we want more boats, more debt and deficit, more uncosted mega policies, more CO2 initiatives, more socialism, more ALP/Greens coziness and more Union corruption? By the time the next election comes round there will also be a long list of items ticked off.

Add to this the findings of the Royal Commissions, the Expenditure Review the Productivity Commission and the Court proceedings into trade union/ALP corruption and there will be little remaining of the political left to vote for.

TA is also about to “bomb” the Greens/ALP policies on de-carbonization as the Eurocentric remnants of the great CAGW scam continue to implode.

This weeks batch of headlines say all you need to know about just how quickly this is all collapsing, with even Jon Snow of the BBC getting “mugged by reality”.

Europe In Full Retreat: Re-Industrialization More Important Than Climate Change - Die Welt, 20 January 2014

Green Fade-Out: Europe To Ditch Climate Protection Goals - Spiegel Online, 15 January 2014

Panicky German Government To Cut Green Subsidies From Next Week - Reuters, 20 January 2014

Green Lobby Alarm: “Green Energy Switch Threatens To Be Derailed.” - Bloomberg, 20 January 2014

Jon Snow Mugged By Reality: ‘EU Energy Crisis - Prepare To Abandon Energy Targets’ – BBC Channel 4 New, 20 January 2014

Europe To America: We Want Your Shale Gas - National Journal, January 16, 2014

Russia Wakes Up and Smells the Shale - The American Interest, 19 January 2014

Obama’s Energy Secretary: UK Shale Gas ‘Would Last For 50 Years’ - The Times, 18 January 2014

Depressing reading for the warmertariat, but just wait until this is all made public and MSM get thrown to the wolves along with the rest of the liars and cheats.

The longer the MSM censors such news the greater the public reaction when they do find out.

Go get ‘em Tony.
Posted by spindoc, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 10:38:49 AM
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What's going to be important is not so much
what's been happening in the past - but what will be happening
in the next few years. And, predicting that is
a risky business at the best of times.

One of the most interesting articles that I've read
on Tony Abbott in recent times is in the following link.
Others may also find it of interest:

http://www.themonthly.com.au/issue/2013/july/1372600800/waleed-aly/inside-tony-abbotts-mind
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 10:47:16 AM
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Dear Spindoc,

<<Go get ‘em Tony.>>

Hasn't this Tony promised "direct action" against the so-called "climate change"?

Chicken don't catch mice!
Posted by Yuyutsu, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 11:54:34 AM
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@ Yuyutsu << Hasn't this Tony promised "direct action" against the so-called "climate change"?>>.

Absolutely, that is of course dependent upon there being “climate change”. If it is still around politically he has no choice but to implement direct action, he is stuck with that promise. He won’t spend much on it anyway as he doesn’t believe in it and it won’t require legislation.

On the other hand the way things are going he won’t have to do anything because the whole thing is imploding, which will let him off the hook. He knows that because he is not getting his information from the ABC or Fairfax.

When we do get information about any “need” for action on CAGW, it will be from TA and he will point out that it has all collapsed, point to the EU and say hey! Why are we doing anything when the EU is walking away from it?

Without anyone else responding to the CAGW scam, we won’t. Tony just has to wait whilst it all crumbles then do nothing.

Simples.
Posted by spindoc, Tuesday, 21 January 2014 12:56:34 PM
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