The difficulty facing the coalition is that, taking office with Tony at the helm presents several major obstacles before they can go forward with positive policy.Whilst negativity has worked for Abbott in opposition, somebody has to be prepared to moderate the 'blood oath' pledges including destroying the NBN, Rolling back the carbon pricing scheme, rescinding the mining profits surcharge and then reintroducing the hopeless 'Nauru solution' coupled with the 'turn back the boats' on the high seas commitment; not to mention the bizarre parental leave pledge and its 'great big new tax' on major employers. That's an awful lot of baggage to dump and only a change in leadership could do it and maintain some credibility.

The abbott grave is getting deeper, he has now gone and criticized China So much negativity, without any thing positive. Turning back sinking boats, that is a no brainer thing to say. That goes against every law, plus some that have not been written yet.