“Do you believe the Abbott gov. was elected with a clear mandate to dismantle climate change policy, or simply to replace a deeply unpopular government?”

What do you believe the government should do about the ABC?

Dear rehctub,

Thanks for showing interest in my questions
and answering them so honestly.
I hope it helps Graham.

What they said in the 2013 Election Campaign, doesn't match the action in the first 100 days. Even the blue tie loving media aren't impressed.

We have a problem, its called tony abbot being let lose on this country. We have one side who will back his actions to the hilt irrespective of what their party said would happen. We have a manufacturing sector which no doubt contributed to tony and co and bet they regret it.

Five pillar tony
running down manufacturing sector
running down the car industry in particular
demanding low paid child care workers had back their wage rises
insulting various world leaders and bluster the way back and make a bigger mess.
we have tony abbot as our prime minister
5 pillar tony coming to your community / workplace soon.

5 pillars looking shaky and some, no a lot voted for him based on slick advertising. Sold a dud, want your money back? it's not going to happen. "Little Hoss" Joe Hockey wants our money.

Hey neverwas

Leave the ABC alone, it doesn't toe the liberal line that murdoch so generously donates.

Wasn't aware abbott and lackey cory actually has the mandate to pull the ABC apart. If all forms of media are controlled by one then we all lose, even forums like this become the mirror image of everything else. Toad-ing will be the norm neverwas!!

All telling the same story. Its called a dictatorship, didn't vote for that did we. yet it appears that's what we are heading towards.

It looks like Tony Abbott makes policy on the run without discussing it with cabinet. His response to Indonesia and his suggestion during the election campaign about buying up fishing boats are examples. Rudd was also a one-man-band. They are both bright fellows without the humility or good sense to discuss their initiatives with advisers before they bring them out. Considering both of them I miss Julia Gillard. Rudd's attempt to put a new tax on mining without laying the groundwork was an example of his policy on the run and made it necessary for Gillard to get rid of him. The mining interests weakened him so Gillard could do that. She managed to put legislation through with a razor-thin majority. Abbott is another Rudd. We don't need another Rudd. We do need somebody with the good sense and policy smarts of Gillard whether that person is Lib or Lab.