Hasbeen
The tax was only on Super Profits, and I am sure mining companies would still be attracted to investing in Australia when there are still billions to be made. It is better to charge a tax (so that Australians can share in the benefits of their resources) than increase royalties where there may be less mineral wealth than expected on exploration and mining. It is a fairer proposition for both parties.

Manufacturing is a different industry.

(so that Australians can share in the benefits of their resources)
pelican,
that sounds rather noble but to do that you'd need a noble society.

Abbott is looking more and more like somebody completely out of his depth.

He has displayed a tendency to create his own problems and then have no way to deal with them.

He can't run and hide from all the media for the next 3 years and will have to answer some pretty tough questions.

Don't think that members of The Melbourne Club have not noticed the quick and downward trend in the polls. The problem may be who would they replace him with?

Dream on Wobbles hahahaha! Everytime I see someone come on this now I will just remind you Abbott won and you lost. Mind you Australia won too!

JBowyer,

Clever comeback.

Handing out superannuation tax breaks to the wealthy at the expense of the needy, imposing a "great big new tax" on the sick, cutting back on welfare while planning a wasteful paid parental leave scheme, boosting the deficit while cutting back on tax receipts, killing off the same car industry their official published policy claimed to "fully support", antagonising our neighbouring countries, giving gunboats to countries who torture, blatant croneyism in making public appointments, politicising the military and making them appear like fools who get lost at sea and much, much more - all after claiming to be a "no surprises" government.

All this in the first few months.

Who's the dreamer?

Who's the dreamer?
I am afraid, that it is you Wobbles.
The government was bound to upset the Indonesians as soon as we took
steps to prevent the boat people arriving here.
It would not matter how it was handled the result would be the same.
Frankly I think they have a hide to complain about their sovereignty
when they are breaching our sovereignty by allowing and encouraging
their citizens to smuggle aliens into Australia on their boats !

blatant croneyism in making public appointments,

Oh, I didn't know that Greg Combe was a crony of Tony Abbott, nor
Tanya Dashdespoyer (how do you spell her name).

You never struck me as being as one eyed as all that Wobbles.