Spot on, Snickerkid. When Labor goes too far by all means let the LNP step in. Sadly, a lot of what Labor brought in needed another term to bed down (NBN, NDIS, C-pricing especially), things that people support. A charter of media honesty would be a good inclusion but Rupert has headed that off at the pass.

The economy is in good shape (good GDP figures today), even given the revenue blows, but a miracle appears to be needed on Saturday. Won't be long before we are re-aquainted with Ye Olde Abbott slime-ball tricks. I can hardly wait, not.

Oh yeah, and Gonski, of course.

PS Why even insult our intelligence with "Direct Action"? Why not just put the dosh directly into PPL for rich bit**es? Oh, that's right, business is really paying for it, my bad.

Houellebecq, "They are quite hot though. There's no denying it really"

OEM, authentic, too. Yay!

Not like the lady boys and other risky propositions on the Labor side. LOL

Luciferase, the sad truth is we could have had all these, and some, had labor not wasted so much in such a short time.

Sure, there was the GFC, but seriously, I am sick and tired of Kevins mob using this as an excuse, some six years on.

At the end of the day, labor can't blame the GFC for all the stuff ups they have made, (the mother of being the illegals debacle) and all of which have costs us ten gnoskis.

However, without doubt, labors worst move was the way they effected many people's/companies confidence.

They were warned, but failed to listen.

So, when TA does become leader, and when he does implement cut backs, (which any responsible government must), just remember what could have been, and where we could have been had voters not decided, its time for a change, some six years ago.

rehctub,

"Sure, there was the GFC, but seriously, I am sick and tired of Kevins mob using this as an excuse, some six years on."

I'm sure you would have much preferred a recession, high unemployment and soaring interest rates.

You fellas just don't get it.....

Austerity tipped many economies into recession.

It may yet do the same here once Abbott gets his mitts on things.

http://www.smh.com.au/comment/australia-you-dont-know-how-good-youve-got-it-20130901-2sytb.html

"While other countries fell into the global recession, Australia maintained strong economic growth, low government debt and a triple-A credit rating. With this record, you might expect the federal election to be focused on how to convert the strength of today's economy into resilience for the future. But instead the political spotlight has fallen on the perceived problem of government debt, with alarming proposals to bring austerity ''down under''.

For an American, Australia's anxiety about deficit and debt is a little amusing. Australia's budget deficit is less than half that of the US and its net debt is less than an eighth of the country's gross domestic product."

(Joseph Stiglitz is a professor of economics at Columbia University and a recipient of the Nobel Prize in economics.)

For all their posturing about the Libs being sound economic managers most people have forgotten or weren't even aware that when Howard became PM Australia was number 6 on the international list of economic performance.

When he left we had slipped to number 10 with an ongoing legacy of structural deficit.

Expect austerity soon, but only at the bottom and with further relief at the top.

"It's in their DNA".