Hasbeen,
Those Bills have involved non-productive nonsense and proof of that is the deficit. e.g. What profit and export revenue has been generated by the NBN and carbon tax?

RightSaidFred,
While Abbott has been there doing a good job at complaining he could also have been pushing coalition project agenda involving new productive local and export industry to create business and employment for the nation at the same time.
Even at this moment while the unwanted ALP leader wastes time going nowhere, Abbott could be pushing new productive project agenda.

Australia needs leadership to develop new productivity.
Instead, both sides of politics lead each other in waste of time abuse of each other in Parliament, about NBN and carbon and pink bat schemes that cost the nation and burden the people, while there is no exportable product created whatsoever.

Now we are going to hear on and on rhetoric as we do every election, about money for schools, hospitals and roads. Schools hospitals and roads should be already funded, full stop. Previous and present debate to entice voters should be about new projects involving new productivity that will generate wealth for the nation and people instead of debt.

Example of possibly productive local and export generating opportunity can be found toward the end of the following thread. But coalition leader Mr Abbott and Mr Truss are not reachable. Meanwhile the Gillard government is focussed on CO2 instead of need for whole of water ecosystem management and associated opportunities.
http://evacuationgrounds.blogspot.com.au/2013/02/barnaby-joyce-doorstop-coalition-dams.htm

rehctub,
By no effective opposition I mean exactly that.
Yes, there was an alternative system for long distance communication but the opposition failed to get it happening. Maybe Malcolm Turnbull could have made the opposition effective with his online experience if he had been leader at the time.

I observe polls occurring after the media has not fully informed the public, or after misinformation or political spin has been aired in news. A good example is news with image of those tapered chimney-like structures pouring out white stuff while news spiel goes on about CO2, when in fact the structures are cooling tower emitting steam.

Polled people and even the politicians fall for the CO2 aka steam, as their votes and lack of relevant debate indicate. On the subject, I think ocean is warmer in some areas and weather is sometimes more severe, but not due to CO2.

I think there is evidence to establish beyond doubt the system of politics and government is failing due to lack of transparency especially in the public/government ABC news.

Right at the moment I am endeavouring to ask the ABC why sinking down of seabed following the 2007 Ranogga earthquake is not being reported re sea level rise (or not) in the Pacific. There are witnesses to the sinking down, including one area that has sunk down about 800mm.
Latest in reply from te ABC is that relevant information has been passed to ABC news.

All new aspects of problems and of opportunities should be allowed to be heard.
Otherwise it is, “opposition to what”.

Abbott has just stood by mostly while the ALP has just self imploded.
RightSaidFred,
Well, to let them go down the tube is the most moral thing Abbott could do because if he tried to stop them they'd be more burden on us for a lot longer. Good on him for just standing there watching.
The intelligent voters of Australia already know what Abbott stands for so there's no need for him to distract from the Labor implosion by repeating the obvious, the obvious to the reasonably intelligent that is. Might as well enjoy the show which will hopefully bring us better Government.

I think Mr Abbott intends removing the carbon tax and introducing an ETS.
Same difference.

JF AUS, sorry, but you are very wrong.

The carbon tax is little more than a permit to pollute, as this who pay the tax, simply pass it on.

My understanding of An ETS is that the ommiter has to buy permits, in order to omit. Huge difference.

Whether or not TA intends to introduce same, I don't know, but I do know he thinks like most level headed people and recognizes climate change for what it is, a global issue.

The impacts of this insane tax are just now beginning to be felt.

It's a crazy world when the ALP is using an ETS (ie Market Forces) to address the carbon issue and the LNP is using a socialist approach (handing out taxpayer money to polluters).

"Giving a new team the benefit of doubt that they may possibly prove to be more competent" sounds like nothing more than wishful thinking to me, based on nothing more than a bunch of slogans and a list of things they won't do, not what they will do.

Having a partisan and unbelievably hostile media on your side is no substitute for having some clear policy alternatives.