It would be funnier than it is if he wasn't in the position he is Soul
Do you remember the follow up was ?
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2012-08-23/abbott-now-says-he-did-read-bhp-statement/4217680
Abbott now says he did read BHP briefing document
Updated Thu Aug 23, 2012 11:53pm AEST
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/abbott-misled-parliament-over-reading-of-bhp-statement-albanese/story-fn59niix-1226471078486
Abbott misled parliament over reading of BHP statement: AlbaneseBY:LANAI VASEK From:The Australian September 10, 2012 2:19PMIncrease Text SizeDecrease Text SizePrint
CABINET minister Anthony Albanese has written to speaker Peter Slipper suggesting Tony Abbott misled the parliament.
The Leader of the House said Mr Abbott had made inconsistent claims about whether he did or did not read a statement on the cancellation of BHP's Olympic Dam expansion before an interview with the ABC's 7.30 program.
He said the Opposition Leader "changed his story" when he thought it appropriate, and this had been a pattern of behaviour that was revealed also in David Marr's quarterly essay.
"People would be pretty familiar with Tony Abbott's train wreck of an interview with Leigh Sales on the (ABC's) 7.30 program," Mr Albanese said.
"What we have is a series of circumstances whereby Tony Abbott says one thing but when he is caught out he changes the view and tries to cover up."
Mr Abbott told the 7.30 program last month that he hadn't read BHP's statement, but the next day told parliament that he had indeed read the document at 3.45pm the day prior. His story was then corroborated by opposition treasury spokesman Joe Hockey who said he was with the Opposition Leader at the time the document was read.
