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Why was Tony Abbott so unpopular?

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Foxy,
You made the claim, on this site, that Australia was racist and presented your so called facts to prove it.

You could have withdrawn but when asked to show proof you decided to disown the words, claiming they belonged to some other unnamed person. You are still doing that, so why not simply admit you made the 'facts' up or listed a few events you claimed to prove racism, because it sounded sensational.

To date you have been quite deceitful about the posting and I certainly will not forget it. I will raise it whenever I see an opportunity to do so.

Until this incident I considered you nice enough but a bit naive.
Posted by Banjo, Monday, 11 January 2016 6:02:41 PM
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He was unpopular because of his persistent blatant lying, starting with lies about Gillard and progressing to lies about his intentions if and when the bogan element blindly voted him into office on the sayso of News Ltd and the shock jocks. That and his embarrassing "captain's picks" and his indifferent "s... happens" on the death of an Australian soldier. Some of the creatures he brought into his Cabinet and placed in the Speaker's chair didn't win him public support either.
Posted by EmperorJulian, Monday, 11 January 2016 10:03:14 PM
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another reason Abbott was so unpopular is that he lectured (warned) Merkel of the dire consequences of allowing so many illegal immigrants in the country. They scoffed and we know now of multitudes of girls and women who wished they listened to him.
Posted by runner, Monday, 11 January 2016 10:45:57 PM
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The far right infiltrators certainly do have worries. I think they are suffering from Abbott’s habit of over indulgent activities. I am not sure why Bill gets a mention he is squeaky clean compared to the remnants of the Abbott front bench.
The Hasbeens of this world , have it bad to think Abbott was conducting his duties as Pm in a good fashion. The man ran his PM; ship like the Sadam husain’s of this world, he didn’t need any extra help. No wonder his own party give him the shaft.
There was nothing that says his way is the only way to go. There is always another route. It comes with a state of mind. We installed Turnbull for you so you should be forever pleased that we put an end to the Abbott treachery.
So be happy life is short, and enjoy the ride.
It is somewhat rich that Abbott would ever mention the dangers of a overload of Co2, he said climate change was crap. That is how far behind the rest of the world he was
Posted by 579, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 6:08:12 AM
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Foxy.......The first step to achieving anything is positive
thought. And Malcolm Turnbull is offering us
positive thought.

Positive thoughts are very easy when you have millions in the bank, a well paid job, and a 'set for life' pension courtesy of the tax payer Foxy.

Malcom Turnbul is not looking to innovate, rather, he is trying to encourage others to do the heavy lifting. All I am simply asking is How?

We have huge wages and over generous working conditions and we have an IR system that does not have the flexibility to allow businesses to up-skill. Example being.

If a business innovates into another field, and their current workforce, or some/most of them don't have the required skill sets, then the employer cant replace the workforce with higher skilled workers without being penalized.

Lets face it, we are not looking to back yard or small employers for innovation, we are looking for large, well funded companies to pull us out of the proverbial. Of cause many a great idea has come from the back yard shed, but that's only an idea. It takes millions, if not billions to actually turn this idea into a huge job creating machine and those who we look to for the innovation have their hands tied.

Even if the IR laws were to change, labor will simply change them back when the libs loose an election so the big boys have no confidence to invest billions on innovation.

As I've said, unless there are serious changes, its simply a dream
Posted by rehctub, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 6:16:34 AM
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Dear Banjo,

I've told you many times in the past that
the facts are part of this country's history.
It isn't something that I have made up.
There are many reports written on the subject
of "Racism in Australia," many articles,
newspapers ones, and so on.

One in particular
that I found useful was "Mapping Social Cohesion," A
Report authored by Monash University's Professor
Andrew Markus for the Scanlon Foundation. It revealed
that racism remains a problem in Australia
Posted by Foxy, Tuesday, 12 January 2016 6:32:28 AM
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