trapdiocan,

"He has turned his fuel excise into a Carbon Tax"

What drivel, firstly it is not his tax and he said "In Australia, taxes on petrol are about $1.50 a gallon. In the United States, taxes on petrol are 40 cents a gallon."

We now have a carbon tax on petrol with no end date.

We now have a carbon tax on petrol with no end date.
579,
We have worse than that, we have morons to no end with no chance of genetic improvement. Thank you Labor !

shadow minister- If your going to stick up for Abbott then you must keep up to-date with his latest contradictions ! admittedly, I realize that's a hard ask, but you have to try :)

Sucking up to Americans real hard Just do what they say buy all their goods Yea real easy. How about learning to say no to the americans

Dear Shadow Minister,

Well I'm happy to have a conversation on the issue.

May I ask your assessment of the following story today from the ABC;

Quote:

“The Coalition recently decided to switch its description of the territories from "occupied" to "disputed".

It is a move that has angered many Arabic and Islamic countries.

Almost 20 ambassadors and senior diplomats representing nations including Indonesia, Egypt, Saudi Arabia, Turkey and Pakistan protested against the decision yesterday in a meeting with the Foreign Affairs Department in Canberra.

The head of the General Delegation of Palestine to Australia, Izzat Abdulhadi, said some countries might decide to impose trade sanctions over the issue.

"There are a lot of exports of meat to the Arab world and now also we're talking about the wheat," he said.

End quote.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-06-13/joyce-leaving-foreign-policy-issues-to-people-smarter-than-him/5520248

Is this a diplomatic move by Abbott that you support even though it may well harm our exports? Is this smart diplomacy? Is this in Australia's best interest? Is it a triumph?