Abbott pledges to support loggers as "the ultimate conservationists"

[boris1gary]

http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/no-more-national-parks-as-tony-abbott-pledges-... 

No more national parks as Tony Abbott pledges to support loggers as the 'ultimate conservationists'

Prime Minister Tony Abbott has said he will not support the creation of any more national parks in a speech lauding timber workers as "the ultimate conservationists".

Mr Abbott also told a timber industry dinner on Tuesday night that he would create a new Forestry Advisory Council to support the industry.

"We don't support, as a government and as a Coalition, further lockouts of our forests," Mr Abbott said. "We have quite enough National Parks, we have quite enough locked up forests already. In fact, in an important respect, we have too much locked up forest."

"I salute you as people who love the natural world, as people who love what Mother Nature gives us and who want to husband it for the long-term best interests of humanity."

Mr Abbott said Canberra would now be "friendly country" rather than "hostile territory" for the forestry industry following the change of government.

Greens leader Christine Milne said: "Who in the 21st century would say the environment is meant for man and not just the other way around?

"There is no economic future for Australia in trashing our precious native forests and national parks ... In pandering to the forestry industry the Prime Minister's statements last night reveal he's not only anti-environment and anti-conservation, he's anti-jobs."

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[boris1gary]

I wonder who wrote this speech,  someone with a very strange sense of humour, Abbott should probably sack them or at least give them a formal written warning.

"I salute you as people who love the natural world, as people who love what Mother Nature gives us and who want to husband it for the long-term best interests of humanity."

[silverfaun]

What a breath of fresh air to hear a politician saying what the majority of decent normal Australians think.

A breath of genuine sincerity and common sense. Way to go PM Abbott

[freddie*rooster]

Way to go PM Abbott

Way to go alright, keep up the good work ONE TERM TONE

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@freddie*rooster wrote:

Way to go PM Abbott

Way to go alright, keep up the good work ONE TERM TONE

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3 terms + is more like it.

Essential poll: Coalition leads

Essential Media poll: Coalition 51, Labor 49

[silverfaun]

 I think this is a case of wishful thinking.

Every day PM Abbott delights the majority of Australians who are relieved we are not subject to the horrific dysfunction and failure of Labor. They won't forget in a hurry, so as much as many are hoping PM Abbott with be a "one term tone" it will never happen.

[silverfaun]

It's only going to get worse for Labor. They are swimming against the tide of the majority of Australians and they can't move on from all the old policy failures.

It's pitiful to watch them at question time, they still don't get it.

[lakeland27]

BludgerTrack: 52.2-47.8 to Labor

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The latest poll aggregate puts Labor back in parliamentary majority territory, as a new result from ReachTEL makes the Coalition’s strong result from Nielsen a fortnight ago look still more like an anomaly.

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/pollbludger/2014/03/06/bludgertrack-52-2-47-8-to-labor/

remembering Newsltd own crikey

[silverfaun]

It's a bit early to be watching or even referencing the polls in this term of govt.The frennetic poll watching labor did last time and their failed attempts to stop the never ending "announcements" to lift themselves was pathetic to watch. The forgot to govern the country.

The new govt.  have been in for 6 months and are doing a stellar job but the Labor party is so weakened and irrelevent it went into attack mode in week one. Pitiful really and they know it.

Poor Labor, watching them in question time  is fascinating, they just can't get over that they are not the govt any more and come off childish and inept, what else is new....ummm nothing.