r mustard. The greens did not support of shore processing, so it was up to the coalition to support the bill. the coalition said no, so who is in favor of the greens. Come into the daylight where you can be seen.

Belly,
I'd support Labor in blocking any silly policy proposed by the Coalition just as I support the coalition in blocking the silly Labor policy on border control.
Abbott isn't blocking for the sake of blocking. He is blocking because the policies are outrageously stupid because they're proposed by an outrageously incompetent ministry.
Abbott is taking those actions because unlike Labor he is concerned about Australia's future.

Dear Individual,

I beg to differ with your statement regarding
Mr Abbott's "concern for Australia's future."
He may well be concerned about many things - but
from his actions I would not have said that he
is concerned about working
Australians and their families. He has relentlessly
voted against every good reform to help working
Australians and thei families.

For example - Mr Abbott said No to spreading the
benefits of the mining boom. No to superannuation for
Aussie workers. No to making polluters pay. No to health
reform. No to flood rebuilding. No to supporting jobs
during the GFC.

He's promised to make his first act, if elected to office,
a tax break to 30 of Australia's wealthiest companies
which means there will be less money for infrastructure
and superannuation for Aussie workers.

Then instead of making polluters pay for action on climate
change he'll take $1,300 in taxes from each household to
pay for his so called climate change policy. And when he does
Mr Abbott will remove Labor policies that help Australians -
like raising the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200
so there is more reward for work, and he will cur Labor's
increases to household assistance and pensions.

Mr Abbott wants to cut the NBN which will give young people better
access to education, small b usiness better opportunities to compete
and patients access to better health care. Mr Abbott promised
to stop funding for eHealth, GP after -hours hotline, GP superclinics,
computers for school kids, trades training centres that
teach our kids a trade, apprenticeship training programs and
quality education programs.

Good For Australia? In Mr Abbott's own words - "No!, No! No! No!"

Lexi,

I am no great fan of any political party but I am inclined to agree with what you say.
The very right leaning views of the current Liberal party concern me as has the ineptness of the incumbent Labor party.
Maybe the selfishness that is now reflected in Australian society is giving us the politicians we deserve.
They are possibly just a reflection of what this country has become. Inward looking and only concerned with self.
It is a tragedy without doubt.
Who would I like as leader? Nope, no one comes to mind amongst the current crew in Canberra.

Take it easy.

SD

Lexi,
re Abbott, what you described used to be known as tightening our belts or living within our means.

Aha, shaggy, that's what they want you to think!
They (there's always a them) want us to lose faith in democracy so that we'll be easier prey for a totalitarian world government.