As wobbles asked on another thread:

Didn't you guys see Moir's cartoon in the
Sydney Morning Herald last Friday?

Tony Abbott's thumping the table and shouting,

"Apart from a Nationwide Health Scheme, the NBN,
Trade Education Centres, A National Curriculum,
School Buildings, Paid Maternity Leave, A World
Leading Economy, Record Unemployments, Record
Spending on Infrastructure, What has the Labor
Government done for Australia?"

Gotta laugh. Oh and now the government is trying to reform
the country's taxation system - where everybody's
invited to participate and contribute to bettering
things all of us and for future generations.
And guess what folks -
the Opposition isn't attending and won't be
contributing anything. Zip. Nada!

No surprises there. And some people have the cheek to
wonder why some of us will not be voting for these
guys. Gee whiz - get real! Why should anyone give
these no hopers a leg up. Seriously!

Well said, Lexi.
I'm not happy with Labor (more the Labor electorate), but it doesn't take much to eclipse the other mob!

We're faced with a dull choice:
1- Gillard- a complete incompetent who clearly hardly understands her own speeches, who has overseen absolutely NOTHING since her appointment but failed gimmick policies that fell on their faces.
2- Rudd- a self-proclaimed 'unapologetic Big Australia' advocate, organized the celebrity 2020 summit, and a Bill of Rights push by a fanatical Jesuit priest- and (whether you support or not) the mining tax. His sole purely credible stance was the Apology to Aboriginal Australians.
3- Turnbull- a complete crook caught out in numerous tax swindles whose only perk is ability to humiliate other politicians and tell his stupid supporters what they want to hear without ever delivering.
4- Abbot- a completely unelectable scoundrel with absolutely no redeeming features. A hypocrite, moralist, shallow publicity seeker, religious fanatic, misogynist, zero-qualifications, can't handle money, and to top it off, he is willing to bribe people and even actually scuttle his OWN border protection stance to woo pro-refugee politicians to support him in parliament.

Need I remind everyone how when the proposal to overturn the high court's ban on offshore processing was presented, both Gillard and Abbot dickered about on the issue, trying harder to turn it into bad publicity on the other party than to actually get the high court out of our border affairs?
What does that tell you?

While Abbott was criticising and saying no...

The Government has:
Avoided recession during the GFC - Check
Maintained 2nd lowest public debt (%GDP) in the OECD - Check
Unemployment well below OECD average - Check
Maintained low inflation - Check
Interest rates on OECD average - Check (Howard was always above the OECD average by about 1.3 points)

When you compare Australia to the rest of the OECD, you can only come to the conclusion that the Government is doing a good job.

Cash for clunkers, children overboard, AWB, Utegate and all the other media beat-ups all become irrelevant when you look at the big picture...

The fact is, Abbott has no policies except to negate Labor policy.

Dear King Hazza,

What does that tell me?

Simple. Tony Abbott is more
concerned about destroying the government
and becoming PM
than actually doing anything for the nation.

Fact is TrashcanMan at the end of the Howard era, inflation, unemployment levels, interest rates etc were all higher than when they entered Gov't.

So all the economic hyperbole delivered by the Liberal Party regarding it's economic credentials do not hold up to scrutiny, as all the or most of the fundamental economic indicators had in the end worsened during the Howard/Costello tenure.

In addition TcM, valuable assets were " sold off ", to consign debt. An ideological economic policy at best. And today we find our essential services in the control of multinational corporations, our health system, education system, employment services, disability services, penal and detention services all largely privatised.

The cost to the consumer of these services are all spiralling upward out of control, with the taxpayer shelling out to subsidise the businesses and insurance firms that all line up to succour from the public purse. The taxpayer today is even expected to fund his own pay rises in the form of cuts to personal income tax.

During the Howard years the bulk of the revenue in the forms of tax cuts went largely to the wealthy or upper middle income earners. Those at the lower end took a hit too their standard of living , and continue to do so today.

I could go on Hasbeen if your want because their is lots more that I will never forgive our last Liberal Federal Govt for ; it's economic and social policies are just the tip of the iceberg (and learn to spell Greece) or I'm not getting the gag or critique.