Abbott doing what he's doing the best

[***super_nova***]

Being total embarrassments to Australia:

"Tony Abbott linking D-day with 'open for business' message ridiculed

Attempt to weave in government's key messages about budget, tax cuts and international investment to D-day commemorations, criticised as 'odd', 'mixed up' and 'clumsy'."

Full transcript and video:

http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/jun/02/tony-abbott-video-d-day-open-for-business

[debra9275]

yep. that's embarrassing

[boris1gary]

yes, everyone is good at something.....

http://www.theguardian.com/environment/planet-oz/2014/jun/06/the-us-carbon-trading-schemes-that-aust...

The US carbon trading schemes that Australia's prime minister cannot see

Tony Abbott supports 'sensible' US steps to cut greenhouse gas emissions but tells coalminers to dig, dig, dig

Tony Abbott might be in for a bit of a surprise when he takes a business delegation to New York as part of his current overseas trip.

Earlier this week Australia's prime minister was reacting to news from the US that President Barack Obama’s administration had announced new rules to cut greenhouse gas emissions from power plants by 30% by 2030.

Describing the US actions as “sensible” and in line with his own, Abbott then inserted his customary attack on any market-based mechanism to put a price on greenhouse gas emissions.

"There is no carbon tax in the United States. There is no emissions trading scheme in the United States," he told parliament.

Except, there are emissions trading schemes in the US and the surprise Abbott might get when he visits the Big Apple is that New York is part of one of those emissions trading schemes that don't exist.

[cherry*135]

Yes, there are a few news headlines out there - Australia's embarrassing PM

[i-need-a-martini]

Peta Credlin must be losing her touch because that clip has  a really unclear message.

What is it about? His overseas trips? His support for DDay? His investment policies?

It is very odd indeed. As if they tried to combine 2 lots of (disparate) speeches into one without proper synergy between the 2.

[i-need-a-martini]

And I notice that the video is no longer on the Abbott webpage lol.