Bazz,
the integrity devoid extreme left realised that its rather unintelligent attempts to discredit Abbott by trying to image-build Turnbull & cause destabilisation within the coalition.
Now they're trying the old tactic which they used in the early howard days.
What they haven't yet woken up to is the fact that Labor has become so bad that even Labor supporters are getting cold feet.
Australia nor FWA are corrupt , the extreme left is corrupt & incompetent by default.

Paul,

If the coalition had got in as a minority government, things might have gone badly for Abbott. It was Gillard, however, that signed the deals with the devils and drank heavily from the poison chalice.

It is going to take years to unravel the poison pill of the carbon tax.

Turnbull & cause destabilisation within the coalition --have failed.

Just realised the words.. "have failed" didn't copy.

It's not a matter of promoting Turnbull. It's a matter of having someone at the head of the coalition, that will be more suitable. When it comes to economics Abbott is a poor loser. Au is in a very good position in world economics and it would be a shame for it to fall in to a heap, because of someone's inability to understand how economics work. This is where Turnbull is an appropriate choice in case of govt; change.

I always get a laugh when references are made to the 'extreme left'. These bogeymen, people who outwardly portray an air of ‘moderacy”, but lurking behind this mild facade, at night, they are Joe Starlin worshiping Bolsheviks. What do they do for a day job, reporters on the ABC or SMH, maybe lecture at some main stream university, could even be members of The Greens. It’s all a matter of perspective as someone once said "Ronnie Ragan was a communist." Would the conservative on here like to define the 'extreme left' within the Oz body politic for me, please. I must say I do not define Tony Abbott or the likes of Alan Jones or Piers Akerman, as being 'extreme right' rank conservatives, yes, extreme, no.

Shadow Minister

"Firstly, does what happened years ago, justify the Thomson cover up?"

It doesn't. I never said it did - only that such matters happen on both sides of politics.

"..the allegations against Abbott were dismissed for a complete lack of evidence."

No they weren't. The decision not to proceed was a unilateral decision made by a legally unqualified person. No actual information was ever forthcoming. It was set aside because there would have been an election before the matter would have been resolved but it never seemed to be pursued by the media to the same extent at this matter.