The problem with the left whingers is that they are beginning to believe their propaganda.

TA has achieved more in 18 months than labor did in 6 years. The true test is whether a government will risk popularity to push through necessary reforms. Labor simply played the populist agenda with negligent regard to the economics.

TA is certainly the best PM this decade.

The problem with the right whingers is that they have long been deceived by their own propaganda.

TA has achieved no good things. He's made no necessary reforms. His economic policy serves his propaganda but damages the national interest. As does his foreign policy. And he's lied far more than JG did!

TA is certainly the worst PM this decade.

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Shadow Minister & Aidan

Trying to figure out which of Rudd, Gillard or Abbott is the best - or worst - PM of the decade is like trying to figure out who is smarter between Daffy and Donald Duck. And about as useful.

None of them achieved anything of note.

None of them give even any sign that they understand the challenges facing Australia.

Left whingers and right whingers are equally deceived by their own propaganda because - guess what? - ideology makes you stupid.

Remember that:

Ideology makes you stupid.

Neither Karl Marx nor Ayn Rand have anything useful to say about running a country.

stevenlmeyer,

Supposedly you are science nut, well so am I. However, as I care about the future of the country, and am able to form an opinion, and as this thread is about Abbott assumedly with respect to his peers, and particularly about his achievements your post is supremely irrelevant.

Abbott's achievements:
Stopped the boats and deaths at sea,
3 FTAs
Reduced spending (limited by the senate)
got rid of the world's biggest carbon tax.
etc.

In comparison Labor looks more than a little incompetent.

stevenlmeyer,

It is not ideology itself that makes people stupid, but use of ideological assumptions as a substitute for facts, and failing to consider alternative viewpoints.

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Shadow Minister,
Looking at your list of Abbott's achievements:

Stopped the boats and deaths at sea: FALSE
He may have stopped them reaching Ausralia, but refugees are still dying at sea. We don't know how many, though, as he has stopped the reporting.

3 FTAs: TRUE
(Most of the negotiations were done by the previous government, but finalizing them is stil a significant achievement for Abbott).

Reduced spending (limited by the senate): BAD FOR AUSTRALIA!
An economic stimulus is needed — we need more government soending not less.

got rid of the world's biggest carbon tax: BAD FOR THE WORLD!
Removing the economic incentive to switch to more environmentally friendly energy sources was a political decision based upon exaggeration of its costs.