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"Will Abbott's leadership survive 2015.?"

Not by my reckoning if he and Credlin tread the same path as they have up till now.

The PMO will have to learn to delegate to ministers in the true sense of the word, and not centralise all power to Ms Credlin.

Abbott, one presumes, will continue to do what Abbott does. By his own admission, and using a cricketing analogy, he can't bat, can't bowl, can't field - but he's a great sledger...which explains why he was so good as Opposition Leader and so hopeless in actual govt in the role of PM.

If the LNP leadership continues in the same vein, I predict both Abbott and Credlin will be removed sometime this year...probably about the time a one term tenure takes on the lustre of distinct possibility.

What will seal Tony Abbotts fate are the falling jobs and revenue in the mining industry in WA and Queensland.
Also after Mr Newman privatises everything and prices go through the roof Queenslanders will take it out on Mr Abbott at the federal election.

Aiden, borrowing money is not the issue, it's one, spending it wisely, and two, being able to pay it back. Neither are options at the moment and, when interest rates are already at record lows, I doubt a percent or two will fix that problem at the moment. What we need is serious, fair for all, tax reform, so our public income increases. Not only that, but if we illuminate income tax then there is very little need for government assistance, something that is crippling us at the moment.

As for a change of government, I really think people need something to go back to, and given the past ten or so years of labor here in QLD, I doubt there's much there for them to go back to. That's why I say there may be a high vote for 'nome of the above' this time round.

Tony Abbot has not had the privilege of entering government with an economy that's in great shape, come to think of it, I don't remember a lib government that has, unlike labor"s last stint.

Sorry, they (labor) wasted too much, achieved too little and could not stop the boats, the ones that they created under Kevin 07's watch.

Whether people hate Abbott or not, few will forget labors mess. Same goes for Anna Bligh and her predecessor, as they squandered opportunity after opportunity here in QLD and left the incoming Newman government with huge debts, a massive top heavy public system and no money. Its almost as if they set CN up because blind freddie knew someone had the teim the fat from the public service and he was the fall guy. They also won't forget Anna Blighs 'take my ball and run' attitude either.

Sorry, some of that was for another post, but it's still relevant.

rehctub
<borrowing money is not the issue, it's one, spending it wisely, and two, being able to pay it back.>>
I'm glad you realise this, but it makes me wonder why you support the Libs/LNP. I can't think of a single instance of a Liberal government not resorting to false economies to pay down the debt, and the Newman government's proposed asset sale looks to be just another example of that.

Bob Katter has remarked that governments used to be willing to take on debt to fund the infrastructure to enable economic growth, but now the Liberals (and to some extent, also Labor) are afraid to despite the amount of debt being smaller compared to the size of the economy. Unfortunately a "debt is bad, Labor's left us a mess" narrative seems to be much easier to sell to people like you than the truth.

How do you propose income tax be illuminated?

Aiden, "I can't think of a single instance of a Liberal government not resorting to false economies to pay down the debt, and the Newman government's proposed asset sale looks to be just another example of that"

Goodness gracious, how easily some forget who got Qld into the financial mess and proposed asset sales to pay it off), more likely to spend instead). This one,

"Anna Maria Bligh (born 14 July 1960) is an Australian politician and the 37th Premier of Queensland from 2007 to 2012. Bligh was an Australian Labor Party member of the Legislative Assembly of Queensland seat of South Brisbane from 1995 to 2012.

Bligh was the first woman to be appointed Premier of Queensland, the third female Premier of an Australian state, and the sixth female head of government of an Australian state or territory. She led Labor to victory in the 2009 Queensland state election, becoming the first woman elected in her own right as a state premier in Australia."

[Wikipedia]

Now Anna Bligh is the CEO of the YWCA (NSW). Any reports on it yet?