'Abbott this' and 'Abbott that'.

Yet there are issues of fundamental importance that have been raised such as why have public broadcasting anyhow when there are so many others sources of free and reliable information, 'kulture'(sic), music and what have you?

I am already paying additional taxes for services that were previously provided for out of my taxes. Matter of fact I reckon I am paying many times over for services that don't even have worthwhile goals, let alone any realistic measures of their accomplishment, and obviously from the cases being made for the continuation of funding, have wasted the millions given in previous years.

Why should the over-stretched Aussie taxpayer continue to pay for the ABC and its bastard children to inefficiently deliver redundant, non-essential services? If the national broadcaster was off the air today what would be the practical result? Less noise pollution but what else?

I note any attempt to justifie Abbott/Murdock,s actions, has left this thread.
Some uncivilized words are an attempt at changing the subject.
Fox channel Murdock,s inner thoughts on display, will make a strange Radio National.
I think 2 years hence our Government will need to remove Abbott and by then if he is still alive and not in prison Murdock will agree.

Why should the over-stretched Aussie taxpayer continue to pay for the ABC and its bastard children to inefficiently deliver redundant, non-essential services? If the national broadcaster was off the air today what would be the practical result? Less noise pollution but what else?

"As a result I have met only a few (Engineers) that would consider voting labor, and never met one that would vote green."
SM, obviously you have never met another friend of mine Dr John Kaye MLC. After gaining a Bachelor of Engineering at the University of Melbourne, John worked as an engineer for the State Electricity Commission of Victoria. Later John studied for a Masters in Engineering Science at the University of Melbourne.
Another very good friend Mehreen Faruqi MLC studied at the University of Engineering and Technology in Lahore Pakistan and then Mehreen received a Masters and a PhD in Environmental Engineering from the University of New South Wales. Another member of The Greens who I'm acquainted with is an ex army engineer and ex Liberal Party member, he sought endorsement as a Greens candidate at the last election.
SM maybe you hang out with the wrong people, a failed priest and a bunch of evangelical bible bashers make for a very poor political party! What kind of 'Engineer' are you?
You are now suffering from a very bad case of FOOT IN MOUTH DISEASE! LOL.

Obviously I have never met them, as I am not a member of any political party. I never claimed engineers never vote green, just that they are very rare.

As for the alien whisperers, Stalinists, school marms, and home grown communists that infest the greens, the ranks of the liberal party is far better populated with honest people with a grip on reality.

"I never claimed engineers never vote green, just that they are very rare." Is that from another one of your "surveys" SM, I wouldn't know as I don't make a habit of meeting people and then putting the acid on em' "...and by the way... who do you vote for...and are you a Jehovah Witness...are you black...and how do you like your sex?" I generally don't ask those sorts of questions meeting people for the first time, I save it all for the second encounter. I note you didn't answer the question What kind of 'Engineer' are you? Are you a "Sanitation" engineer?
Yep, that's it SM, Greens = commies, pinko's, bolshy's and what did you call em school marms. What is a "marm" Don't forget the engineers! Where as The Liberal Party is populated by what we can term "wholsome people" Yep, Abbott's got a grip on it, alright!, but I suggest he takes his hand off it, some time soon.
SM not a Liberal Party member, why not joint, judging by the talent in the party these days, a bloke like you would go places. If Tony Boloney can make PM, I see you making it as The Grand Poobar no less, or rising to some other such exalted position within the party ranks.