not written by Andrew Bolt, but from The Wall St Journal

http://blogs.wsj.com/briefly/2015/02/02/5-things-things-that-went-wrong-for-tony-abbott/?mod=e2tw

Australia’s Prime Minister Tony Abbott is fighting for his leadership and the future of his conservative government after an election setback in Northeast Queensland. This has underscored growing voter disaffection for center-right politics Down Under. Here are five reasons why it has gone so wrong for Mr. Abbott.

Tony Abbott today:

We're On A Journey!

.....well I did not get my ticket 'punched' so I'm off this bus at the next stop

IT will be at least the 1.5 per cent cut already flagged, he said during a year-ahead speech to the National Press Club on Monday.

"More jobs and better paid workers will only come from more profitable employers in a better position to employ people," Mr Abbott said.

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/tax-cut-confirmed-for-small-buisness/story-e6frfku9-12...

He's a liar

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@donnashuggy wrote:

He's a liar

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who? tony?

MWAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA

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@donnashuggy wrote:

He's a liar

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Yes billy shorten sure is and so is  julia gillard.... now she was a huge liar but thats ok for labor voters

Icey wrote:

Tony Abbott’s speech to the National Press Club was billed as critical to his survival.

Verdict: It was very good.

Nero_???? has certainly brain washed you hasn't he

The speech was a phartic effort of self survival. The sooner Peta tells him to resign the better for the Libs

sounds like Warren Entsch is one of those who want abbott to step down

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-02/laming-entsch-lead-charge-to-abolish-knights-and-dames/6064132

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-02-02/tony-abbott-mounts-strong-defence-of-record-as-prime-minister/...

Coalition figures say Abbott should resign

Before the speech, two senior Coalition figures told the ABC that they believed Mr Abbott should consider the damage he was doing to the Government and resign.

There was no desire to move against him and there are deep reservations about the damage a leadership spill could cause.

The worries about how bloody a spill might be extend beyond the considerable task of blasting out a sitting Prime Minister.

really, the libs are inbetween a rock and a hard place after the way they've sledged Gillard/Rudd. Abbott must be reminding his party of it every day    

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@icyfroth wrote:

AUSTRALIA'S small business will get a tax cut from July, Prime Minister Tony Abbott has confirmed.

IT will be at least the 1.5 per cent cut already flagged, he said during a year-ahead speech to the National Press Club on Monday.

"More jobs and better paid workers will only come from more profitable employers in a better position to employ people," Mr Abbott said.

 

http://www.news.com.au/national/breaking-news/tax-cut-confirmed-for-small-buisness/story-e6frfku9-12...

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His Govt has changed the criteria for 457 visas, where employers are no longer required to search for a suitable local worker...a business can get its whole workforce from Japan, Korea etc ,if it wants too.

Better paid workers?????- this Govt want to get rid of the minimum wage, penal time.... = lower paid workers

Small businesses don't employ many staff anyway in good times or bad.

Nothing new then, if the 1.5% cut is already flagged for small businesses... whoopee.

He doesn't know what he is talking about.

Think about this and let’s ask ourselves where Australia is heading, a first grader could work this out.