As long as people respond to Abbott's exposure of Juliar's incompetence and deceit, and it continues to work, why on earth should he stop?

The demand , by one contributor to this discussion , and elsewhere ,for another election , is populist and undesirable . An election costs many millions and disrupts government business . There was an election a year ago . Even though it resulted in a hung parliament , a government is operating effectively .

Governments should run their 3 year term ,unless they lose the support of a majority in Parliament . If there were another election , it might result in another hung parliament . In the term of any worthwhile government , it will have to do unpopular things which will upset some people . To demand another election whenever some people are dissatisfied is inconsistent with representative democracy .

Nationals and Tony Abbott,

Its no secret on this forum i put animal welfare before most things.

I used to vote Libs but Tony has fixed me for life. You should have seen them in parliament screaming send them anyway. It really was/ is sickening. You can see the difference in the two men Tony and Bob Brown. One of them is a decent human being & the other.
Its very disappointing the PM resumed the live trade & by doing so has manged to get both sides cheesed off. But still walts and all leave her and Bob there because the alternative is horrible.

I think hes a horrible person with zero compassion and not as smart as he thinks he is. If he were smart for no other reason he would know there is a lot of votes in a ban live exports policy.

If he were a man with a backbone and the slightest decency he could have made a political miles out of that.
The thought of him ever being PM makes me feel physically ill.

Where is his big policy?

They say is much worse then the PMs. Hes just a big mouth that even talks about his own daughters virginity - how dare he discuss those young girls like that in public.

So thats how much respect he has for his own-- How much do you reckon he would give especially the women of this country.

Dear rehctub,

It may come as a surprise to you and many others - but the people
have decided - we had an election - Tony Abbott LOST. And the next one's due in 2013.

Short memories.

Some might remember the protests outside One Nation events that at times involved physical assaults on those trying to attend.

Some might remember the rhetoric about work choices.

It's not a Liberal/coalition thing, it's unfortunately what opposition pollies seem to need to do to keep the profile up and stay in the media.

It should also be pointed out that Abbott made it very clear that the woman at the rally had a right to have her say, some in the crowd behaved badly, one individual particularly so but does anyone want to wager that turning up at an ALP or Greens event and voicing support for political opponents would not draw a similar response from some in the crowd?

It may be politically expedient to make it about the Libs or Abbott but that's all it is expedient. There is no moral integrity to that stance.

Until we decide that the rhetoric is not Ok for any side don't expect one side to change on it's own.

R0bert

Lexi,

People that voted for Labor voted based on the solemn promise of no carbon tax, otherwise Juliar would have lost.