Paul,

Did you read my post, or are you trying to paint Kim Beasley as a Rupert Murdoch lackey?

In his short time as PM, Abbott has overseen the repair of relations with Indonesia, mostly restoring the cattle export, and gaining acceptance of the boat policy all damaged largely by labor, a FTA with Korea, soon one with Japan, and accelerated FTA discussions with China, India and Indonesia, and increased military co operation with the US. To top it all, Abbott has taken with him a large delegation of business leaders to further boost economic ties.

In short Abbott has achieved in his short time more than KRudd and Juliar achieved in 6 years.

Lol!..." Abbott's diplomatic triumphs."

A bit like that book produced, titled "The Wit and Wisdom of Margaret Thatcher" - which was full of bank pages.

Did anyone happen to catch the body language of Obama during his meeting with Abbott?

Spoke volumes....

Abbott's great friends the Chinese are not going to be best pleased with Abbott. Obama rules the top half of AU, and at the same time telling the Chinese they can develop the northern areas of AU.

Obama has Tony in a fox hole and unable to say anything against the US.
There was no mention of these arrangements, nothing like a surprise.

Obama came up with that one when he saw Abbott's agenda with the Chinese.

P,

That you weren't capable of contradicting any of Abbott's diplomatic achievements or submit any Labor achievements means that you are down to reading tea leaves or interpreting body language.

From what I saw of Obama and Abbott, there was no indication of dislike whatsoever no hard you try and look

A fool is not taken seriously, hence he does not gather enemies on his journeys !

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has described himself as a ''conservationist'' who has no disagreement with US President Barack Obama on the subject of climate change.

Speaking after his meeting with Mr Obama in Washington, Mr Abbott played down any differences between the two leaders, saying that both he and the US President took climate change ''very seriously

''We all want to do the right thing by our planet,'' he told ABC Radio on Friday. ''I regard myself as a conservationist.
CRAP.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/i-am-a-conservationist-tony-abbott-says-no-friction-with-barack-obama-on-climate-change-action-20140613-3a192.html#ixzz34UXpJhsV