Even John Howard is putting the boot in now...

[i-need-a-martini]

Not only does he think he is making a mistake by targeting families, he has pretty much said Abbotts a liar.

Things must be bad if your hero is against you.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-15/abbott-dismisses-budget-criticism-from-john-howard/5455732

[freakiness]

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@i-need-a-martini wrote:

Not only does he think he is making a mistake by targeting families, he has pretty much said Abbotts a liar.

Things must be bad if your hero is against you.

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-15/abbott-dismisses-budget-criticism-from-john-howard/5455732

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On the other hand he still defends him and says "we" have to work on the GST.

[lakeland27]

a bit of remember me ?  wasn't so bad was i ? of course tonys fantastic etc..  ego.  he misses the attention

[debra9275]

You're probably right there LL wasn't it Howard who put the family tax benefit in place? He wouldn't want his legacy to disappear

[cherry*135]

JH - I'm the father of the family tax benefit system so naturally I defend it," he said.

'It's a tax increase', Howard says about levies

Mr Howard, who was once under fire for distinguishing between "core" and "non-core" promises, has also acknowledged that Mr Abbott has broken election pledges.

"There's no doubt Tony did make a lot of commitments and he's got to deal with and wear the criticism, and the Labor Party is perfectly entitled to attack him and to drag up what he said," he said.

[debra9275]

Thanks Am I can't open links ATM

[lakeland27]

 he want's the gavel back .   rumour is he offered John Alexander  $100,000 and a collection of bradman memorabilia to allow him to have bennelong back but Alexander wanted 2.5 million so he let it go. i actually made that up but i was thinking what the heck andrew and smithy n co do the same thing more than a few times a day so wheres the harm ?