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on 08-05-2014 05:12 PM
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-05-08/dunlop-abbott-unveiled-and-we-dont-like-what-we-see/5438346
Abbott unveiled, and we don't like what we see
It doesn't matter how mild the Budget appears when it is finally released next week, the attempts to destroy the pillars of egalitarian Australian civilisation - universal health care, universal education, and a minimum wage - are not going to stop.
The whole reason the conservative parties exist is to enact precisely this agenda. If they don't succeed today they will still be there tomorrow, or next week, or next election or in 20 years pushing for the same changes. The people who finance them will still be providing the funds, and certain think tanks will still be there slopping on the paint of intellectual respectability.
So let's be clear. Tony Abbott is in trouble now, not because of some misjudged promises he made just before the election.
He is in trouble because he can no longer hide the reality of his vision for Australia. The reason that's a problem is because most Australians don't like what they are seeing.