Durance,
if you were to ask a thinking person Abbott's behaviour would not be described duplicitous.
This broken promises histeria is nothing but leftie panic waffle because they can see that Abbott is slowing down the bandwagon which is actually good for the nation & not bad as the lefties are trying to tell us. If what Abbott does reigns in the lefties than it is a good thing not a bad thing. If this Government is changing direction to what they promised then so be it, anything to rectify the ALP mess. After all, aren't all these changed promises part of the policies which this Goverment will take to the next election not now ? I think the lefties know that & that's why they panic because they're fully aware that this Government will deliver enough for people to vote them in again. This double dissolution nonsense is merely a push by the morons to exploit the present unpopularity which will soon be dispelled by evidence of better management.

"if you were to ask a thinking person Abbott's behaviour would not be described duplicitous"

That person would be Blind Freddy.

Geez Indy, and you call other people morons?

Well, Luc, it is in all our interests for Australia's current economic advantage (AAA) and stability to be maintained, and built upon.

We can not accomplish that by spendthrifting away that current advantage.
And, a smaller future 'pie' can only mean reduced servings for all, exacerbated further by the inevitable additional mouths needing a slice.

With only the exception (in my view) of proposed changes to Parental Leave, a brave formula has been put forward to re-invigorate our economy to withstand the downturn in mining revenues and the loss of automotive manufacturing and associated support industries, amongst others - including ever-more services going 'offshore'.

'User pays' is not something alien to any modern economy, ours included, and part of the proposed 'paying' formula aims to get everyone contributing a fair share, within their reasonable capabilities.

Ours is the world's best public health system, and ours is top-ten in public education and probably also in aged-care and social welfare.
What then are the reasonable priorities, given that almost nothing comes at no cost, and substantial improvements in infrastructure are also required to meet the challenges of taking Oz' manufacturing, industry and public amenity to 21st century best-practice?

We can find a way to meet our economic and social challenges, but this will require us to keep our eyes and our minds open to the realities of those challenges, and not our clinging blindly to any untenable ideology or unrealistic expectations.

The plan may not be perfect, but it is within our capacity to work out the 'wrinkles' - in the genuine spirit of realistic compromise.
Much to achieve, so little time.