| puffy said: Bullshit he will. Tony Abbott has got to be the worst person possible to be the leader of a nation. Also Australia isn't being overrun by illegal immigrants, it's a ridiculously small number compared to other countries, just people like having something to complain about. The real issues are these: Economy: Tony Abbott has no idea when it comes to these matters, Labor on the other hand made sure Australia avoided recession, how many countries in the world can say they avoided a recession? I don't understand why the government debt is a plus for Abbott either, Labor has promised to abolish the debt by 2013 at the latest and if you haven't noticed, Australia's debt is nothing compared to many other countries. Health: Labor has pledged a lot of money towards GP super clinics and Abbott wants to take that away. Why? Education: I think this one is self explanatory, Gillard was the education minister and there's so much going into education from the government it's not even funny. Internet: Abbott want to scrap the Governments National Broadband Network because they think some better wireless tech will come along later. Seriously, tell me, when will wireless get to the speed of fiber optic cable and why should we wait?
Also Abbott isn't a hard line action man, he's a misogynist who believes woman are below men, he's said it many times, here are some quotes from the idiot:
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I'm not a big Abbott fan either, but I want to comment on some of the issues you've brought up.
Economy: You won't have to look back too far to see that 'generally' the liberal party runs the government at surplus and keeps interest rates down. They did so for 3 terms in the Howard/Costello government, which gave the current government the power to issue massive stimulus bonuses to the country and avoid the recession like you said. Like a lot of people Tony Abbott didn't oppose the stimulus entirely, just the volume that was spent to curtail the recession. Also as 60% of Australia's exports are natural resources (mining) I think that a prosperous and healthy mining industry is also crucial to returning to surplus.
Health: Yes, the ALP has pledged alot on 'super clinics' - there were supposed to be 35 up and running from the last election promise, currently there are only 3.
Education: Yeah this one is self-explanatory. See Julia Gillard's bungled 16.2billion BER program. There isn't much value for money there. I don't think Julia Gillard is much to tout for understanding economic matters.
Internet: Has anyone got any transparency of when exactly the NBN will be implemented? It was an election campaign promise 3 years ago and I expect to see it again at the next election. Everyone wants it, but it will be the most expensive infrastructure investment in Australia's history. Unfortunately this isn't the ALP's only policy on the Internet. They also plan to spend many more millions on Stephen Conroy's mandatory ISP-level internet filter, and will have the power to spy on people's history of visited web pages.
