SM,

Au contraire...I didn't give that blather of yours on the Gillard govt more than a moment's notice.

I don't see why you don't want to champion the Abbott govt.

Abbott was a champion liar....he even made a name for himself on lying about lying.

That's quite an achievement.

Australia didn't know just how fulsome pre-election deception could be until it ushered in the Abbott govt.

It was a sight to behold - almost from day 1 they started rolling out policy which was the antithesis of their election spiel.

Not to mention the shambolic co-dependent set-up in the PMO with Credlin stomping about abusing staff and ministers - and then chucking enormous emotional wobblers which necessitated Tones spending much time placating her.

How professional is that!

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2016-03-11/cassidy-abbott,-credlin-and-the-abuse-of-power/7237386

"Abbott, Credlin and the abuse of power"

Shadow,

Both Craig Thompson and Michael Williamson were kicked out of Labor. And in both cases the corruption had nothing to do with their involvement in the ALP. As for Gillard, her conduct was scrutinised and cleared by a Royal Commission.

Gillard had every intention of keeping those two promises at the time she made them. She subsequently broke the carbon tax promise in a deal with the Greens, and was unable to keep the East Timor solution promise for exactly the same reason as Qantas CEO Alan Joyce couldn't keep his Jetstar Hong Kong promise: the deal was scuppered by premature announcement.

Aidan,

Thomson and Williamson were booted from the ALP long after iron clad evidence of their corruption became public, and only after huge pressure on Juliar.

P,

I don't accept your half truths and spin either. One thing is clear is that Juliar was the most dishonest and possibly corrupt PM that Australia has ever had.

Yep Poirot if it wasn't for Abbott quite possibly all females would be in as much danger as those walking the streets of Sweden and Germany. Then you would really have something to whinge about.

You know what, runner?

I'm always mightily entertained by fundamentalist religious clowns like yourself sniping at other religions and their followers.

I know it's tempting to try and insert your extreme bigotry into any thread that's going, but you're way off topic here.

As a voter in the New England electorate I am delighted that Tony Windsor is running for New England. Barnaby has used this electorate to further his own political career. He has not represented us as an elected member should. He has done nothing. His inactivity has resulted in the Flying School losing the Defence contract, no broadband, no representation of the farmers for the Liverpool Plains (despite being agricultural and water minister) and grand announcements and headline grabbing statements that mean zilch. I hope Windsor wins and to all you nay sayers - get your facts right.