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Backflips by Tony Abbott

donnashuggy — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 02:56:45 GMT

How many is it now?

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aps1080 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:06:31 GMT

Not enough when it comes to the amount cut from the ABC budget !

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pct001wine — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:07:54 GMT

About as many as Olga Korbut I'd say.

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debra9275 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:08:12 GMT

Not sure how many...but that was a huge one today considering it was only yesterday he was defending it

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jean2579 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:11:24 GMT

Weren't these previously called broken promises?

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wilk1149 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 03:46:29 GMT

He is into physical fitness. Maybe backflips help stretch out those hunched over bike riding muscles

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gleee58 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 10:27:38 GMT

@jean2579 wrote:
Weren't these previously called broken promises?

Nope, they're only broken promises when abbott wants to use them in the attack of others.

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cherry*135 — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 11:28:29 GMT

Eleventy

He has been practising see?

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olivervcdad — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:13:28 GMT

I wish the Labor Party were making more of a song and dance about this circus.

Whilst I understand that they are working in opposition in a methodical, responsible and respectful way, I am afraid the Australian public is used to the Abbott tactics in opposition to win an election.

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2106greencat — Thu, 15 Jan 2015 21:16:01 GMT

Maybe the next back flip he does will be off the top of a high rise, one can only hope.

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cherry*135 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 05:22:23 GMT

Backflip - the federal government’s decision not to pursue, as promised, the repeal of Section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act”.
A CONTROVERSIAL proposal to repeal a section of the Racial Discrimination Act is “gone”, Tony Abbott has declared, while rejecting his government is backflipping just like Julia Gillard.
PRIME Minister Tony Abbott has backflipped again and produced $200 million for a climate change fund previously derided as a “Bob Brown Bank on an international scale”.he
This backflip from Prime Minister Tony Abbott is in a different category. By pledging $200 million over four years to the international Green Climate Fund, the Prime Minister has not only gone against his stated position on contributing to the fund, but he risks alienating the core support that saw him elected last year as an opponent of Labor’s carbon tax.
Government backflips on Medicare rebate. It comes 24 hours after Prime Minister Tony Abbott defended the proposal to cut $20.10 from the rebate paid to GPs for consultations of less than 10 minutes.
Tony Abbott to backflip on paid parental leave scheme, scratching wealthy mothers off handout list: .
May 2014 - Whatever the final landing point for Abbott’s PPL, he’s already lost some serious political capital by backflipping after so vehemently sticking with the plan up until just two days ago.

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wilk1149 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 09:48:26 GMT

I'd prefer to see him backflip from the ground into a six foot deep hole

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evil_akuma_2002 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:30:49 GMT

I contunually find it staggering, how the Australian public love to unmercilessly bag their elected leaders!

It doesn't seem to matter who's in power - we just have to nitpick, don't we?

Now don't get me wrong...I'm not defending Abbott, or any other pollie for that matter, but **bleep** - let's get some perspective going here.

Below are some links to sites with other broken election promises.

http://www.topix.com/forum/world/australia/TSHSH72VHE177QCQE

http://blogs.news.com.au/heraldsun/andrewbolt/index.php/heraldsun/comments/broken_promises_made_by_gillard_before_the_last_election/

http://www.crikey.com.au/2014/05/21/porkies-the-biggest-broken-promises-in-australian-politics/?wpmp_switcher=mobile

Unfortunately, the sad fact is that we need to vote for one of the parties - you know, the self-serving, money and fame-grabbing sycophants destined for a retirement of luxury, that the country can ill afford.

Don't tell me to cast a dud vote either - that just makes things worse, and allows you to shirk your responsibility as a member of society!

I can clearly remember the Vic Premier, John Cain, retiring in 1990, on well over $1million a year, immediately after running up a debt equating to every Victorian man, woman and child owing a debt of around several hundred thousand dollars!

(Gross Victorian debt - $13 billion in 1992).

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tezza2844 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:40:20 GMT

"I can clearly remember the Vic Premier, John Cain, retiring in 1990, on well over $1million a year."

Any ideas how this was made up, or the source of this information or was it just a stab in the dark?

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evil_akuma_2002 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:53:08 GMT

@tezza2844 wrote:

"I can clearly remember the Vic Premier, John Cain, retiring in 1990, on well over $1million a year."

Any ideas how this was made up, or the source of this information or was it just a stab in the dark?

Well publicized at the time. Hearsay ATM, as I don't have the facts and figures to hand - it was after all,well over 20 years ago now.

I'll do some digging to see what I can find. I'll get back to you.

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tezza2844 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 10:58:23 GMT

Well just remember -don't let any facts get in the way of good story

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cherry*135 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:02:16 GMT

I contunually find it staggering, how the Australian public love to unmercilessly bag their elected leaders!

Would you rather live in a country like Laos? Seeing as we don't, we live in Australia, openly criticising any current Govt is perfectly normal and it doesn't result in getting thrown in jail or worse.

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evil_akuma_2002 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:01:28 GMT

I take offense at your insinuation!

Now, where's that bus?

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evil_akuma_2002 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:07:07 GMT

@am*3 wrote:
I contunually find it staggering, how the Australian public love to unmercilessly bag their elected leaders!

Would you rather live in a country like Laos? Seeing as we don't, we live in Australia, openly criticising any current Govt is perfectly normal and it doesn't result in getting thrown in jail or worse.

Bit of a silly question there,am*3?

Of course I'd rather Australia.

It's just that regardless of who's in power, we feel the need to bag them - yet funnily enough, no-one ever owns up to voting them in!

It's very much the 'tall poppy' syndrome.

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gleee58 — Fri, 16 Jan 2015 11:17:05 GMT

@evil_akuma_2002 wrote:
@am*3 wrote:
I contunually find it staggering, how the Australian public love to unmercilessly bag their elected leaders!

Would you rather live in a country like Laos? Seeing as we don't, we live in Australia, openly criticising any current Govt is perfectly normal and it doesn't result in getting thrown in jail or worse.
Bit of a silly question there,am*3?
Of course I'd rather Australia.
It's just that regardless of who's in power, we feel the need to bag them - yet funnily enough, no-one ever owns up to voting them in!
It's very much the 'tall poppy' syndrome.

I don't think it s the tall poppy syndrome. Yes, we do like to laugh at and bag out our leaders but during the previous minority govt it reached a new depth of low talk. Between abbott, murdoch and friends it became a frenzied attack like never before.

No OL in history has ever refused to address the PM by the correct title for the entire term and no OL ever declared their only job was to "bring down the govt, whatever it takes". This same person now expects all in opposition to do his job for him and give in to his every whim.

And no previous govt has ever tried to erase all signs of those who governed before just for the sake of erasing them. Reasonable policies should be improved not erased.