This Editorial is from "The Saturday Paper" Sep 19, 2015. I'm so glad this very little man is gone.

"Kicking the Abbott

It is no exaggeration to say Tony Abbott is the worst prime minister Australia has had. To the extent that his brief and destructive leadership of the country is remembered, it will not be remembered well.

Abbott is a prime minister without a legacy. In attempting to defend one this week, he came up with not much: some jobs, a few trade agreements, an infrastructure project, a border protection regime founded on human rights abuses, a royal commission so compromised by bias its own commissioner had to consider removing himself.

Abbott governed for the past and the few conservatives desperate to continue living there. He governed against science and in contempt of the environment. He governed in opposition to social equality, in terror of reform. His was a government of fear and avoidance, a rolling sideshow anxiously avoiding the fact it had nothing to add and no idea what to do.

Abbott spent his time in opposition degrading the office of the prime minister. His was a campaign of debasement: a coarsening of debate, a running down of the respect once stored in the institution. Those who say he was a fine opposition leader do so in error. There is no victory in destroying what you set out to win.

On prevailing at the 2013 election, he placed on his head a small and tinny crown. He did nothing to repair it in the years that have passed since. Indeed, he added only to its dents and tarnish.

He treated law like a plaything. He made policy at odds with the country’s own constitution. He fought consensus and held out against change. He refused humility. He let run the island camps where women and children are raped and men killed. He turned in from the world. He mocked treaties. He failed obligations. He fed prejudice wherever he could.

He was a coward with reform. He left the tax system lumbering and unfair. He failed to articulate policy. He hectored the ABC, cowing it and becoming ludicrously involved in editorial processes. He shunned innovation. He craved distraction.

Abbott’s great fear, and the fear of those people left supporting him, is tomorrow. He is fearful of same-sex marriage. Fearful of an economy remade by climate change. Fearful of the fair distribution of taxes. Fearful of power as it ebbs away from the places where it was once concentrated. But tomorrow is always close; his prime ministership was always doomed.

Abbott is an experiment that failed. He is proof that Australia cannot be governed from the far right, just as it cannot be governed from the far left. He was the last hope and final holdout of a group of people wishing desperately against a modern Australia.

His time in the office leaves a hole in this country’s agenda. A period of incompetent stasis. Two wasted years we must now hungrily get back.

He will not be missed. He should not be praised. He was a failure selfishly wishing that the world would fail with him. We can only hope his like will not be seen again."

That is unfair after all he did divert the boats.

He said “jobs and growth” a lot but never said where the j&g would be. It wasn’t in Australia which is now in recession!

That Editorial summed him up pretty well in my opinion.

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 11:07am:

He said “jobs and growth” a lot but never said where the j&g would be. It wasn’t in Australia which is now in recession!

He inherited a unemployment rate of 5.8% and in his term unemployment peaked at 6.5% How can he claim jobs when unemployment was worse every day he was in government.

I think the article is a bit harsh, it is all true but there is no need to say it.

Although Labor did a complete about face on illegal immigration at the eleventh hour, I did not trust them to follow through. I voted Liberal, not Abbott. They stopped the boats, but are now talking about flying in 12,000 Syrians, so you can't win, no matter who you vote for.

Abbott's legacy will always be the PM who knighted Prince Philip, the PM who threatened to take Putin to task and lost his nerve, and finally, the PM who coined the phrase, Suppository of all Wisdom. He did point out that the UN is in the habit of lecturing us, but he did nothing about it.

I couldnt stand abbott, thank god he is gone.

Paul Keating was spot on about Tony ABort !!

"If Tony Abbott becomes PM, God help us!" - March 2010

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rLLN-Yum2wE

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ei5t0OcYnGc

Abbott's legacy is inhumanity, concentration camps, torture and death of refugees.

Tony Abbott does have one legacy

the...

THREE WORD SLOGAN


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One politics board not enough?

ImSpartacus2 wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 10:58am:

It is no exaggeration to say Tony Abbott is the worst prime minister Australia has had.

If anything, it's an understatement.

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 1:11pm:

One politics board not enough?

Oh come on Bogey......it's a generally known fact.

The_Barnacle wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 1:04pm:

Tony Abbott does have one legacy the... THREE WORD SLOGAN ;)

Ditch the Witch.......oh Karma.

The one thing that Abbott did do was get you leftards in a big frenzy. Not bad for a PM that didn't mean much. You'd think they wouldn't care about him if that was true.

double plus good wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 2:59pm:

The one thing that Abbott did do was get you leftards in a big frenzy.

And now he's gone.


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Abbott wasted the last 2 years as PM .... what does one expect when you have a government who's main concern, for at least the first year, was to try and destroy everything the previous govt. had done rather than try to build for the future. Even towards the end of his second year, there were still no long term plans for the country.

Compare the achievements Rudd outlined in his speech when he was first ousted as Pm, and then look at Tonys list of achievements in his speech. The man is pathetic and those that supported him are idiots or the highest caliber.

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:04pm:

double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 2:59pm: The one thing that Abbott did do was get you leftards in a big frenzy. And now he's gone. http://www.lifecoachphil.com/images/weinig_geld1.jpg

Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

Australian dollar rose by US 2c after Abbott was deposed.

Is this Abbott's intrinsic value, minus US$ 0.02?

double plus good wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:09pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:04pm: double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 2:59pm: The one thing that Abbott did do was get you leftards in a big frenzy. And now he's gone. http://www.lifecoachphil.com/images/weinig_geld1.jpg Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

And as a result, he's gone.


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greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:16pm:

double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:09pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:04pm: double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 2:59pm: The one thing that Abbott did do was get you leftards in a big frenzy. And now he's gone. http://www.lifecoachphil.com/images/weinig_geld1.jpg Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( And as a result, he's gone. http://media0.giphy.com/media/GCLlQnV7wzKLu/giphy.gif

Is that how you leftards react to things you don't like? Crying and screaming like little babies.  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

double plus good wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:09pm:

Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry

that must be why you lot still cry over Gillard and Rudd  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:18pm:

double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:09pm: Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry that must be why you lot still cry over Gillard and Rudd  ;D ;D ;D ;D

Cry from laughing so hard. What an embarrassment those losers were. Even out of power and they were still ripping into one another.

double plus good wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:17pm:

greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:16pm: double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:09pm: greggerypeccary wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:04pm: double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 2:59pm: The one thing that Abbott did do was get you leftards in a big frenzy. And now he's gone. http://www.lifecoachphil.com/images/weinig_geld1.jpg Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( And as a result, he's gone. http://media0.giphy.com/media/GCLlQnV7wzKLu/giphy.gif Is that how you leftards react to things you don't like? Crying and screaming like little babies.  :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'( :'(

We got our way, and now he's gone.


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double plus good wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:22pm:

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:18pm: double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:09pm: Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry that must be why you lot still cry over Gillard and Rudd  ;D ;D ;D ;D Cry from laughing so hard. What an embarrassment those losers were. Even out of power and they were still ripping into one another.

Doubleplusgood doesn't know if it is Arthur or Martha; whether it is coming or going; exemplifies total abject ignorance.

double plus good wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 3:22pm:

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:18pm: double plus good wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 3:09pm: Why did he bother you so much I you think he was a crap PM? He got to you all and you all cried and screamed like a pack of babies. WAHHHH WAHHHHH!!!! SOOKY LITTLE GIRLS CRYING FOR MUMMY!!! WAHHH WAHHHH!!! Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry Cry that must be why you lot still cry over Gillard and Rudd  ;D ;D ;D ;D Cry from laughing so hard. What an embarrassment those losers were. Even out of power and they were still ripping into one another.

at yet as bad as they were, next to tony they're the best this country has had. Shows just how crap you are a judge of character

Unforgiven wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 11:54am:

Abbott's legacy is inhumanity, concentration camps, torture and death of refugees.

Luddite mentality. Dig up coal for the next 400 years and kill off renewables.

Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 4:25pm:

Unforgiven wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 11:54am: Abbott's legacy is inhumanity, concentration camps, torture and death of refugees. Luddite mentality. Dig up coal for the next 400 years and kill off renewables.

It worked ... it protected Gina. That was his goal.

I said long ago that the watershed moment in Tony's government was the statement that 'the age of entitlement is over' -  he just didnt realise at the time what that actually meant... and how much 'entitlement' he and his confreres were receiving every day....

In that way he has done an enormous service for this country.

Yes, but he was a grown-up, you have to admit that.

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 6:42pm:

Sir lastnail wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 4:25pm: Unforgiven wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 11:54am: Abbott's legacy is inhumanity, concentration camps, torture and death of refugees. Luddite mentality. Dig up coal for the next 400 years and kill off renewables. It worked ... it protected Gina. That was his goal.

No he was a disappointment to Gina: he didn't quiet manage the $2 an hour wage benchmark that she set. For this she see's him as a horrible nasty person which is the reason that she allowed him to be replaced.

Jovial Monk wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 11:07am:

He said “jobs and growth” a lot but never said where the j&g would be. It wasn’t in Australia which is now in recession!

What about planes from India.

bring back the boats......we miss them........

we like watching people drown.....its the new aussie pass time.... we miss it.

bring back the boats

cods wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 10:11am:

bring back the boats......we miss them........ we like watching people drown.....its the new aussie pass time.... we miss it. bring back the boats

That is a total nonsense statement.

It aint going to happen and you know it!

Getting desperate cods.

The two major parties know that would be the kiss of death.

Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 10:19am:

Getting desperate cods.

glug glug

cods wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 10:11am:

bring back the boats......we miss them........ we like watching people drown.....its the new aussie pass time.... we miss it. bring back the boats

The Libs certainly did they made sure it kept happening for as long as possible and blocked any move to stop it.

Redmond Neck wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 10:19am:

cods wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 10:11am: bring back the boats......we miss them........ we like watching people drown.....its the new aussie pass time.... we miss it. bring back the boats That is a total nonsense statement. It aint going to happen and you know it! Getting desperate cods. The two major parties know that would be the kiss of death.

you reckon you didnt see shortarse wimpy speech did you... and the cfmeu dont agree with him...and they are in charge.. sorry red... but they are..

Dnarever wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 10:25am:

cods wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 10:11am: bring back the boats......we miss them........ we like watching people drown.....its the new aussie pass time.... we miss it. bring back the boats The Libs certainly did they made sure it kept happening for as long as possible and blocked any move to stop it.

what moves... not Malaysia surely???..

boy have you got your facts mixed as per usual....it was the greens that took them to court...not the libs...get your facts right once in a while..

I dont recall any other attempts to stop them.. and the malaysian deal was a shocker....what was it PEOPLE SWAPPING...OMG... >:( >:( >:( >:(

you call that GOOD>>people trading....you are not kidding either are you?... :( :( :( :( :(

cods wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 10:29am:

Dnarever wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 10:25am: cods wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 10:11am: bring back the boats......we miss them........ we like watching people drown.....its the new aussie pass time.... we miss it. bring back the boats The Libs certainly did they made sure it kept happening for as long as possible and blocked any move to stop it. what moves... not Malaysia surely???.. boy have you got your facts mixed as per usual....it was the greens that took them to court...not the libs...get your facts right once in a while.. I dont recall any other attempts to stop them.. and the malaysian deal was a shocker....what was it PEOPLE SWAPPING...OMG... >:( >:( >:( >:( you call that GOOD>>people trading....you are not kidding either are you?... :( :( :( :( :(

People trading is what is happening right now in this country...our illustrious, upstanding politicians trade people for votes every single day. The forced to vote masses, for which there is no escape from the trade, hope their chosen side has traded them for more than just a bag of flour and a blanket.

He repealed the Carbon Tax, that's a pretty good legacy.

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 11:31am:

He repealed the Carbon Tax, that's a pretty good legacy.

Probably took us back in time to the Liberals favoured 1950's period.

Its call the policy of denial.

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 19^th, 2015 at 1:11pm:

One politics board not enough?

Haha  the haters sure love to hate. Just look at the vile scum posting one after the other.

Rider wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 2:43pm:

ust look at the vile scum posting one after the other

and what would you call the sort of person who refers to those who oppose them politically as as vile scum?  :D :D :D

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 3:33pm:

Rider wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 2:43pm: ust look at the vile scum posting one after the other and what would you call the sort of person who refers to those who oppose them politically as as vile scum?  :D :D :D

You work in real estate don't you? nuff said deadbeat.

Rider wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 2:43pm:

bogarde73 wrote on Sep 19th, 2015 at 1:11pm: One politics board not enough? Haha  the haters sure love to hate. Just look at the vile scum posting one after the other.

Any you have been doing if for a while, have a  look at some of your own recent posts ?.

Dnarever wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 2:24pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 11:31am: He repealed the Carbon Tax, that's a pretty good legacy. Probably took us back in time to the Liberals favoured 1950's period. Its call the policy of denial.

It's called listening to the voters.

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 8:28pm:

Dnarever wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 2:24pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 11:31am: He repealed the Carbon Tax, that's a pretty good legacy. Probably took us back in time to the Liberals favoured 1950's period. Its call the policy of denial. It's called listening to the voters.

The Libs and the Media created the opinion, not the other way around.

The libs & smelly etc told the voters what to believe.

Dnarever wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 8:30pm:

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 8:28pm: Dnarever wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 2:24pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 11:31am: He repealed the Carbon Tax, that's a pretty good legacy. Probably took us back in time to the Liberals favoured 1950's period. Its call the policy of denial. It's called listening to the voters. The Libs and the Media created the opinion, not the other way around. The libs & smelly etc told the voters what to believe.

No, sorry. Labor and the Greens made that mess.

The problem with the CT was that didn't seem to be any regulation to stop the costs (of the price per tonne for carbon) being passed down to the consumers. It didn't really matter what opinion the people held on AGW, it was the increase in gas and power bills that upset people.

Abbott repealed himself.

Rider wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 8:24pm:

Johnsmith wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 3:33pm: Rider wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 2:43pm: ust look at the vile scum posting one after the other and what would you call the sort of person who refers to those who oppose them politically as as vile scum?  :D :D :D You work in real estate don't you? nuff said deadbeat.

you didn't answer the question  ::) ::) ::)

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 8:41pm:

The problem with the CT was that didn't seem to be any regulation to stop the costs (of the price per tonne for carbon) being passed down to the consumers.

what a load of bollocks ... have you any idea how it was supposed to work?

gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20^th, 2015 at 8:41pm:

Dnarever wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 8:30pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 8:28pm: Dnarever wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 2:24pm: gizmo_2655 wrote on Sep 20th, 2015 at 11:31am: He repealed the Carbon Tax, that's a pretty good legacy. Probably took us back in time to the Liberals favoured 1950's period. Its call the policy of denial. It's called listening to the voters. The Libs and the Media created the opinion, not the other way around. The libs & smelly etc told the voters what to believe. No, sorry. Labor and the Greens made that mess. The problem with the CT was that didn't seem to be any regulation to stop the costs (of the price per tonne for carbon) being passed down to the consumers. It didn't really matter what opinion the people held on AGW, it was the increase in gas and power bills that upset people.

And yet people were fully compensated for the cost of power increasing.

You can not really claim that my comment is incorrect if you look at the relevant time line. It is clear that the opinion turned as response to the Liberal and Media politically driven campaign against action on carbon emissions and not the other way.