Given the hick ups in his new illegals solution and, given the billions wasted so far, on a problem OF HIS OWN MAKING I ask this simple question, does he deserve the trust of the Australian people?

Probably not.

But then, Abbott is a dingbat as well.

What hope have we got?

Zero hick ups Rechtub.
In fact thou you will not agree it is the silly little man Abbott who has found trouble in this area.
Sure you will not agree, but some things can not be challenged.
Facts speak for us, even when we find them unpleasant.
Take every word you and even I said about the wrongs in Labor [in my case past ones].
You I have little doubt have a long list.
But can we ignore Rudd,s rise, again in the polls.
Did we miss Abbott,s fall?
Right now, polling proves it, he is unwanted by at least, read the polls, ten percent in his own party.
See Australia is asking can we afford Abbott PM?
Just a tip, first of the recent arrivals will hit the shores of PNG in a week.
Watch the polls.
And bloke try to take a fair and balanced view of the mess Abbott put out today as policy in this matter.

does he deserve the trust of the Australian people?
rehctub,
of course not, what a silly question :-)
If people still have to think about that after all the circus this clown has put us through then we can give up now. If people are so stupid & still support one of the most proven & exposed failures then there really is no hope left.

No politician really deserves our trust to govern.

However, I would sooner trust Atilla The Hun to govern, before I would trust Tony Abbott to govern...

Suseonline,

<However, I would sooner trust Atilla The Hun to govern, before I would trust Tony Abbott to govern..>

Suze, you are sick, sick, sick.

But of course in your view Kevin Rudd is the virtual equivalent of a Messiah, resurrected to deliver us from having to face the harsh reality that we cannot have our cake and eat it too when it comes to maintaining national and economic resilience in an increasingly troubled and competitive global environment. He speaks of collaborating with business to stimulate economic growth, but slams big business as pariahs, as sucking the life blood from 'the battler' (read welfare budget), and as killing the planet with greenhouse emissions - which he will reverse, single-handedly, with a (vain-?) glorious ETS. Why should business have lurks like 'fringe benefits' when there are more important concerns, like Better Schools, NBN, NDIS and increased welfare handouts and tax cuts to fund. But hey, he has the ear of the unions, and has full confidence in achieving a Hawke-like accord - what, to freeze prices and wages? Obviously a joke. Which union(s) would that be exactly?

Asylum seekers? No worries. PNG is a tropical paradise with need of an injection of jobs and a few boat-loads of itinerant workers. Problem solved - with a nice little handout of course.

Foreign investment? Bring it on; the door is open and the 'for sale' sign is out. The Tarkine? Mine it, quick as you can - we need the cash, and coal and iron ore are tapering off - and to hell with the Tassie Devil, the forest and the unique habitat. So, this is future 'vision'? In a pig's eye.

But, hey: <No politician really deserves our trust to govern.>

Maybe not, but I'd rather trust a harp seal than a death adder.