Au contraire, oh gallant defender of all things feminine.

Brisbane ran an extremely well-managed international event.

Good things happened.

Unfortunately, Mr Abbott's cringe-worthy antics weren't amongst them.

Did you note, Tony's bestie in the climate change denial stakes, Canada's PM Harper, has decided to contribute to the Green Climate Fund.

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/2014/nov/17/canada-breaks-with-australia-contribute-green-climate-fund?CMP=share_btn_tw

"Canada – one of the few countries previously in line with Australia’s opposition to the international Green Climate Fund – now appears to have changed its mind, with Tony Abbott’s close friend prime minister Stephen Harper saying he is preparing to make a contribution.

Abbott has defied global pressure to commit to the fund, designed to help poor countries adapt to climate change, because Australia is already spending $2.5bn on its domestic Direct Action fund and providing $10bn in capital to a so-called “green bank” – which he is trying to abolish."

How disingenuous is that, from this double-talking PM - ".... because Australia is already spending $2.5bn on its domestic Direct Action fund and providing $10bn in capital to a so-called “green bank” – which he is trying to abolish."

What a shifty fellow!

Poirot,

It is typical of your obsession with Tony Abbott that you would wish failure of the G20, just because it was being held in Australia when according to you the wrong PM was in Canberra.

Most would regard it as a triumph and a hope for a peaceful world that world leaders, particularly Obama and Putin, took it upon themselves to meet in one room. For leaders of their calibre, even a few seconds interview is precious and fought for.

Contrary to what your cringeworthy earlier post tried to assert through quoting some hack whose uncreative and slack style requires her to sarcastically belittle anything positive, the G20 summit was a very big deal for Australia and Brisbane did it very well. Particularly noteworthy was the highly successful fulfillment of the promise to provide a secure and calm atmosphere to facilitate this very worthy event.

Once again, it beggars belief that you would wish Australia and the G20 ill and cannot find it in yourself to even admit that getting the world leaders into one room was a magnificent achievement, and a peaceful, secure stay was icing on the cake.

otb,

"Once again, it beggars belief that you would wish Australia and the G20 ill and cannot find it in yourself to even admit that getting the world leaders into one room was a magnificent achievement, and a peaceful, secure stay was icing on the cake."

Lol! - here's otb up to his usual tricks.

Nothing like a bit of misrepresentation to bolster one's argument.

We're always profoundly interested in just which aspect of vague relation to the central point made by his opponent, otb is going to employ to misrepresent their intentions.

Ergo, I criticise Abbott for his stupid parochial utterances in his opening address - and otb, has me damning the entire summit, it's organisation, the free world, civilisation and the universe in general.

Nice try, otb, such a shame your dramatic effort has found itself all dressed up and nowhere to go - and again, so sorry to derail your lovely little rant against Julia.....by all means continue. We all know how much it means to you to get at least one post a day up on OLO in honour of that particular fetish

Poirot,

There must be two of you then. Because this is an excerpt from what a 'Poirot' posted earlier,

<Here's a good one from the LA Times.....an American perspective of our Prime Minister and his G20 buffoonery - and our parochialism in general.

http://www.arcamax.com/currentnews/newsheadlines/s-1586058-p1

"MELBOURNE, Australia -- The adolescent country. The bit player. The shrimp of the schoolyard.....">

[Poirot, Sunday, 16 November 2014 9:26:02 PM]

Fact is, you would dump on your own country and on the G20 just to snipe at your hated Abbott. You would even resort to quoting some dumb-assed hack who was too lazy to do any research on the G20 and do a real report. Instead, she took the slimy, gutless, coward's way out by lifting irrelevant speculative gossip and performed the 'seagull' stunt: circling overhead and depositing faeces on a whole lot of very good, hardworking administrators and the leaders themselves who all contributed to a wonderful result.

You are shameless.

otb,

You do "shrill" very well : )

"Fact is, you would dump on your own country and on the G20 just to snipe at your hated Abbott..."

Problem being that Abbott behaved like a small-minded hick while hosting the most powerful people in the world. Have you watched that vision? Here we have an international forum, the stage is set for him to display breadth of vision and maturity. An opportunity for him to shrug off the dust of petty domestic politics and shine a light on Australia's unique outlook pertaining to the wider world...it was his chance to step up and act like the statesman he should be.

And what did he produce?

He produced the very antithesis of an outward looking visionary in a global community. Addresses like the one in which Abbott indulged in his opening address give fuel to those who view Australia as culturally insular. It was an out and out embarrassment - plenty of Australians picked it up and commented. Why, with the world watching, wouldn't the world's press be interested in commenting on such an extraordinarily immature rant by the host leader?

"You are shameless."

Put your wig back on, and take a whiff of smelling salts, otb. We're preparing ourselves for one of your long drawn out offended sensibility rants...you're more value than a battalion of hysterical great aunts (and their cats:)