Tony Abbott has been in power since 7 September 2013. From that moment, he and his government have broken promises and hurt Australians. This post will be regularly updated to keep track of the Abbott Government’s broken promises and everything his Government does to hurt Australians. Each separate item will have a link to a source. Broken promises appear in bold and in a separate fully referenced list at the end.
THE LIST
478. Breaks a promise to provide a stable and unified Government – 14 September 2015
477. Laughs at Pacific countries who’s existence is being threatened by climate change – 10 September 2015
476. Rejects recommendations to make banks pay for tax payer funded insurance – 4 September 2015
475. Wastes $55 million, including $15 million on relocating four refugees to Cambodia before the deal to resettle refugees from Nauru collapses – 30 August 2015
474. Oversees botched Border Force announcement that they would stopping people for visa checks in the Melbourne CBD – 28 August 2015
473. Splurges $10 million to rename Border Force – 26 August 2015
472. Cuts $10 million from a grant to support sufferers of an incurable disease – 26 August 2015
471. Breaks an election promise to “make no changes to the GST” by extending it to purchases made online – 21 August 2015
470. Spends over $20 million on an advertising campaign to sell it’s free trade agreement with China – 19 August 2015
469. Tries to introduce laws to stop citizens exercising their legal rights to stop big developments that damage the environment – 19 August 2015
468. Allows Scott Morrison to describe paid parental leave as a “first world issue” – 17 August 2015
467. Asks for a list of national security related things to be announced weekly until the election – 14 August 2015
466. Blocks a conscience vote on same sex marriage – 11 August 2015
465. Reduces Australia’s carbon emissions reduction target – 11 August 2015
464. Oversees an inquiry that recommends cutting penalty rates, lowering the minimum wage, individual contracts and giving employers more power over workers – 4 August 2015
463. Scuttles a proposal from Indigenous leaders for constitutional recognition – 3 August 2015
462. Backs speaker Bronwyn Bishop despite revelations she has rorted her travel entitlements multiple times – 31 July 2015
461. Dramatically increases the cost of applying for a divorce – 14 July 2015
460. Bans the Clean Energy Finance Corporation from investing in roof top solar panels and other small scale solar energy – 12 July 2015
459. Directs the Clean Energy Finance Corporation to stop investing in wind power – 12 July 2015
458. Launches a review of the ABC program QandA – 29 June 2015
457. Closes off the possibility of High Court challenges to offshore detention – 25 June 2015
456. Cuts the pension for low and middle income earners – 24 June 2015
455. Establishes a Commissioner for Wind Farms – 24 June 2015
454. Slashes the renewable energy target – 24 June 2015
453. Signs a free trade agreement with China which allows companies who have a 15% Chinese investor to import 100% overseas workers, undermines Australians safety and environmental standards and allows companies to sue the Australian government – 16 June 2015
452. Gags doctors, teachers and nurses from speaking out about conditions in detention centres with new laws imposing jail for speaking publicly – 4 June 2015
451. Deregulates the shipping industry removing the requirement of companies to pay Australian wages and conditions – 26 May 2015
450. Muzzles the Freedom of Information watchdog – 26 May 2015
449. Refuses to join the international effort to resettle refugees in crisis, stating “nope, nope, nope” – 21 May 2015
448. Gives the Minister for Arts the power to decide what art gets funded – 12 May 2015
447. Makes medicines more expensive for the chronically ill – 12 May 2015
446. Stops Family Tax benefit B to parents when their child turns 6 – 12 May 2015
445. Removes childcare benefits from parents who cannot work or study – 12 May 2015
444. Abolishes another 71 net jobs in the Federal public sector – 12 May 2015
443. Scraps funding to the academic website “The Conversation” – 12 May 2015
442. Cuts $12.5 million from the National Heritage Trust – 12 May 2015
441. Cuts $140 000 from the Refugee Council of Australia – 12 May 2015
440. Cuts $72.5 million for health scholarships – 12 May 2015
439. Reduces the take home pay of those who work for charities and NGOs but cutting tax benefits – 12 May 2015
438. Cuts $3.6 million from Screen Australia – 12 May 2015
437. Slashes $403 million from the Australia Council – 12 May 2015
436. Decimates aid to Africa with a 70% cut – 12 May 2015
435. Cuts aid to Indonesia by 50% – 12 May 2015
434. Gouges almost $2 Billion from health – 12 May 2015
433. Kicks 80 000 or 46% of parents off the paid parental leave scheme and labels them “rorter” – 10 May 2015
432. Scraps a Ministerial directive for the Australian Federal Police to consider Australians opposition to the death penalty – 1 May 2015
431. Gives $4 million to an academic who’s views align with the Prime Minister’s on climate change – 16 April 2015
430. Spends millions on a widespread advertising campaign to sell their “Intergenerational Report” which is discredited by the celebrity scientist who they paid to sell it – 15 April 2015
429. Fails to act on allegations of physical and sexual abuse of asylum seekers on Nauru despite knowing about it for over a year – 9 April 2015
428. Introduces laws to retain the metadata of Australians that 85 security and policing agencies can access – 26 March 2015
427. Axes the National Produce Monitoring System which monitors chemicals in Australia’s domestic food – 18 March 2015
426. Threatens to sack 1700 researchers if the Senate did not pass their bill to deregulate universities – 15 March 2015
425. Dismisses Indigenous culture by describing living in remote communities as a “lifestyle choice” – 11 March 2015
424. Violates the UN Convention Against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment and has found to have done so multiple times by the U.N. – 9 March 2015
423. Defends the decision of the LNP to hold an International Women’s Day lunch at a club that only accepts male members – 4 March 2015
422. Dismisses the inquiry into the treatment of children in immigration detention as a “political stitch up” and attacks Gillian Triggs the President of the Human Rights Commission – 24 February 2014
421. Tried to induce the President of the Human Rights Commission Gillian Triggs to resign before her report outlining the abuse of children in Australia’s immigration detention centres was released – 24 February 2015.
420. Pays $3.32 million to the lead lawyer for the Royal Commission into trade unions for under two years work – 19 February 2015
419. Puts at risk efforts to halt the executions of two Australians in Bali by threatening Indonesia with aid funding – 19 February 2015
418. Bungles the tendering process for building submarines threatening hundreds of jobs – 19 February 2015
417. Dismisses a damning report into the impacts of mandatory detention of children seeking asylum as partisan and politicised, and says the Human Rights Commission “should be ashamed of themselves” – 12 February 2015
416. Breaks promise to lead a “strong, stable, accountable” government – 09 February 2015
415. Dumps his signature paid parental leave policy – 2 February 2015
414. Awards a Knighthood to Prince Philip on Australia Day – 26 January 2015
413. Undermines court system by commenting on the bail decision of a Victorian magistrate – January 16, 2015
412. Announces a freezes to the annual increases to the Medicare schedule – 12 January 2015
411. Attempts to undermine Medicare by slashing the amount doctors get for consultations – 12 January 2015
410. Votes against a UN resolution calling for the end of the Israeli occupation of Palestine – 31 December 2014
409. Spends millions on market research and TV advertisements promoting their proposal to uncap university fees – 28 December 2014
408. Slashes funding to community organisations that support tens of thousands of vulnerable families and people in crisis causing 2500 community workers to lose their jobs two days before Christmas – 22 December 2014
407. Defunds peak organisations who advocate for the poor and oppressed including Homelessness Australia, Financial Counselling Australia and National Shelter – 22 December 2014
406. Appoints a climate skeptic who praised Rupert Murdoch as the “starting point for green innovation” to the position of parliamentary secretary to the minister of the environment – 21 December 2014
405. Backflips on clamping down on multinational companies who shift profits to avoid paying taxes in Australia – 17 December 2014
404. Blows out the deficit to $40.4 Billion – 15 December 2014
403. Abolishes the Australian Workforce and Productivity Agency – 15 December 2015
402. Ceases payments to apprentices under Support for Adult Australian Apprenticeships program – 15 December 2014
401. Cuts funding for the National Trade Cadetships programme – 15 December 2014
400. Slashes another $3.7 billion from overseas aid – 15 December 2014
399. Cuts 26 more government bodies down to 6 – 15 December 2014
398. Abolishes the Operational Working Party which advises government on the needs of the ex-service community – 15 December 2014
397. Cancels the National Health, Aged and Community Care Forum – 15 December 2014
396. Abolishes the Current and Former Members of the ADF Emerging Issues Forum – 15 December 2014
395. Abolishes the Australian Financial Centre Taskforce – 15 December 2014
394. Silences the National Injury Insurance Scheme Advisory Group – 15 December 2014
393. Abolishes the National Children and Family Roundtable – 15 December 2014
392. Silences the Minister’s Dementia Advisory Group – 15 December 2014
391. Cancels the Healthy Life Better Ageing Committee – 15 December 2014
390. Annuls the Aged Care Reform Implementation Council – 15 December 2014
389. Cancels the Aged Care Planning Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
388. Abolishes the Aged Care Standards and Accreditation Agency Ltd – 15 December 2014
387. Cancels the Indigenous Development effectiveness Initiative Steering Committee – 15 December 2014
386. Abolishes the First Peoples Education Advisory Group – 15 December 2014
385. Cancels the Australia in the Asian Century Advisory Board – 15 December 2014
384. Annuls the Regional Australia Standing Council – 15 December 2014
383. Dismantles the Northern Australia Ministerial Forum – 15 December 2014
382. Abolishes the Marine Council – 15 December 2014
381. Terminates the Expert Advisory Panel on Northern Australia – 15 December 2014
380. Silences the Northern Australia Indigenous Experts Forum on sustainable Economic Development – 15 December 2014
379. Annuls the Infrastructure Coordinator – 15 December 2014
378. Abolishes the Technical Advisory Committee for the Coal Mining Abatement Technology Support Package – 15 December 2014
377. Abolishes the Gas Market – Industry Reference Group – 15 December 2014
376. Disbands the Department of Human Services Council on Strategy and Innovation – 15 December 2014
375. Disbands the Anti-Doping Research Panel – 15 December 2014
374. Abolishes the Tourism Quality Council of Australia – 15 December 2014
373. Disbands the Australia Awards Board – 15 December 2014
372. Abolishes the National Marine Mammal Scientific Committee – 15 December 2014
371. Disbands the National Marine Mammal Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
370. Abolishes the National Landscapes Reference Committee – 15 December 2014
369. Gets rid of the Indigenous Water Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
368. Disbands the Iconic Sites Taskforce – 15 December 2014
367. Abolishes the Fuel Standards Consultative Committee – 15 December 2014
366. Abolishes the Emissions Intensive – Trade Exposed Expert Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
365. Disbands the Commonwealth Environmental Water Stakeholder Reference Panel – 15 December 2014
364. Abolishes the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water – 15 December 2014
363. Abolishes the Bureau of Meteorology Water Accounting Standards Board – 15 December 2014
362. Abolishes the Antarctic Science Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
361. Cancels the COAG Select Council on Workplace Relations – 15 December 2014
360. Wipes out the Education Investment Fund Advisory Board – 15 December 2014
359. Dismantles the Australian Qualifications Framework Council – 15 December 2014
358. Abolishes the Strategic Cross-sectoral Data Committee for Early Childhood, Education and Training – 15 December 2014
357. Dismantles the Vietnam Veterans Education Centre – 15 December 2014
356. Abolishes the research working group – 15 December 2014
355. Abolishes the Peacekeepers Study Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
354. Abolishes the Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services Writing Group – 15 December 2014
353. Abolishes the Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services Veterans Reference Group – 15 December 2014
352. Abolishes the Medicines Advice and Therapeutics Education Services Practitioner Reference Group – 15 December 2014
351. Abolishes the Gulf War Study Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
350. Abolishes the eHealth Technical Advisory Group – 15 December 2014
349. Abolishes the Community Nursing Clinical Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
348. Abolishes the Australian National Memorial New Zealand Advisory Panel – 15 December 2014
347. Abolishes the Anzac Centenary Public Fund Board – 15 December 2014
346. Abolishes the Official Establishments Trust – 15 December 2014
345. Abolishes the Australian Council of Local Government – 15 December 2014
344. Abolishes the Urban Policy Forum – 15 December 2014
343. Abolishes the National Disaster Recovery Taskforce – 15 December 2014
342. Abolishes the Local Government Ministers’ Forum – 15 December 2014
341. Abolishes the Inter-Jurisdictional Working Group – 15 December 2014
340. Abolishes the Bureau of Resources and Energy Economics Advisory Board – 15 December 2014
339. Abolishes the Pharmaceutical Industry Working Group – 15 December 2014
338. Abolishes the National Precincts Board – 15 December 2014
337. Abolishes the Fair Work Building and Construction Independent Assessor – 15 December 2014
336. Abolishes the Standing Council on School Education and Early Childhood Joint Working Group to Provide Advice on Students with Disability – 15 December 2014
335. Abolishes the Department of Defence CEO’s round table – 15 December 2014
334. Abolishes the Committee which was overseeing reform to the repair and maintenance of the Navy’s ships – 15 December 2014
333. Abolishes the Department of Defence Diversity Advisory Group – 15 December 2014
332. Abolishes the Australian Defence Force Financial Services Consumer Council – 15 December 2014
331. Abolishes the Subcommittee on Animal Health Laboratory Standards – 15 December 2014
330. Abolishes the Rabies Preparedness Working Group – 15 December 2014
329. Abolishes the New Test Evaluation Working Group – 15 December 2014
328. Abolishes the National Strategies Working Group – 15 December 2014
327. Abolishes the Laboratories for Emergency Animal Disease Diagnosis and Response Working Group – 15 December 2014
326. Abolishes the National Surveillance and Diagnostics Working Group – 15 December 2014
325. Abolishes the Forestry and Forest Products Committee – 15 December 2014
324. Abolishes the Department of Agriculture – Live Animal Export Division – Industry Government Implementation Group – 15 December 2014
323. Abolishes the Benchmarks Working Group which monitors acute hospital performance – 15 December 2014
322. Abolishes the Australian and New Zealand Standard Diagnostic Procedures Working Group – 15 December 2014
321. Abolishes the Artbank Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
320. Cuts the Development Allowance Authority – 15 December 2014
319. Cuts the Reconstruction Inspectorate – 15 December 2014
318. Cuts the Inspector of Transport Security – 15 December 2014
317. Cuts the National Advisory for Tertiary Education, Skills and Employment – 15 December 2014
316. Cuts the Health and Hospitals Fund Advisory Board – 15 December 2014
315. Cuts the Australian Sports Anti-Doping Authority Advisory Board – 15 December 2014
314. Cuts the Climate Adaptation Outlook Independent Expert Group – 15 December 2014
313. Cuts the Biological Diversity Advisory Committee – 15 December 2014
312. Cuts the Australian Antarctic Names and Medals Committee – 15 December 2014
311. Cuts the Antarctic Research Assessment Committee – 15 December 2014
310. Cuts the Forces Entertainment Board – 15 December 2014
309. Cut the Protection Zone Committees – 15 December 2015
308. Cuts the Telework Advisory Panel – 15 December 2014
307. Cuts the Australian Government Solicitor – 15 December 2014
306. Appoints the radically right wing John Lloyd from the Institute of Public Affairs to head the Public Service Commission – 12 December 2014
305. Appoints a former National Party MP who champions an abstinence policy on drugs over harm minimisation to be the new head of the Australian National Council on Drugs – 11 December 2014
304. Imposes a $900 tax on new homes connecting to the NBN breaking election promises on taxes – 11 December 2014
303. The unemployment rate hits 6.3 %, it has not been this high since 2002 when Tony Abbott was Minister for Employment and Industrial Relations – 11 December 2014
302. Announces a cut of $5 to the Medicare rebate after he fails to get his $7 Medicare co-payment through the Senate – 9 December 2014
301. Breaks an election promise to improve transparency by restricting the transparency of overseas travel expenses after media reports on Christopher Pyne’s lavish trip to Europe with his wife – 9 December 2014
300. Breaks a key election promise to bring in 26 weeks parental leave paid at a working mother’s actual wage – 7 December 2014
299. Introduces special work for the dole rules for regional and remote unemployed people so they have to work twice as many hours as city people in a measure that will mainly affect indigenous people – 6 December 2014
298. Hands the immigration minister unchecked and unappealable powers to prevent refugees arriving by boat from seeking protection and allows him to return people to the country from which they fled – 4 December 2014
297. Reintroduces temporary protection visas for asylum seekers found to be refugees – 4 December 2014
296. Cuts CSIRO funding, which means that CSIRO will lose 1/5 of its workforce – 24 November, 2014
295. Slashes funding to the ABC and SBS resulting in job cuts and the axing of programs including state based 7:30 Report and breaking an election promise – 19 November, 2014
294. Refuses to contribute to the fund Green Climate Fund, which Abbott last year described as “socialism masquerading as environmentalism” – 17 November, 2014
293. Uses G20 platform to comment on domestic political issues such as the fact people don’t like his $7 GP fee rather than international political issues – 15 November, 2014
292. Describes Australia as “nothing but bush” prior to the arrival of the First Fleet when addressing a breakfast for British Prime Minister, David Cameron – 14 November 2014
291. Breaks promise to achieve a surplus in the Government’s first year in office, instead overseeing an estimated $51 billion deterioration in revenue – 11 November, 2014
290. Describes coal as “good for humanity” while opening a coal mine in Queensland 13 October, 2014
289. Extends the Royal Commission into Trade Unions for another 12 months and expands the terms of reference despite their being no requests for either – 09 October, 2014
288. Cuts spending on science and innovation to the lowest levels since the data was first published – 07 October, 2014
287. Spends an estimated $500 million yearly participating in the conflict in the Middle East – 07 October, 2014
286. Limits scrutiny of ASIO, expands protections from prosecution for ASIO officers, and allows ASIO greater powers for surveillance with reduced requirements for warrants – 30 September, 2014
285. Signs a deal with Cambodia to accept Australia’s refugees for a payment of $40 million over 4 years – 26 September, 2014
284. Breaks an election promise to a publish a proposal for constitutional recognition for Indigenous people and establish a bipartisan process to try to bring about recognition as soon as possible within the first 12 months of Government – 19 September 2014.
283. Breaks election promise to build replacement submarines in South Australian shipyards, spending more than $20 billion on Japanese submarines instead – 8 September, 2014
282. Fails to provide adequate medical care to asylum seeker Hamid Kehazaei who died after developing an infection from a cut on his foot – 5 September 2014
281. Delays superannuation increases for seven years costing workers thousands of dollars in retirement savings – 2 September 2014
280. Kills the Low Income Super Contribution payment and the Superannuation Guarantee which aimed to boost the retirement savings of 3.6 million workers who earn $37,000 per year or less – 2 September 2014
279. Repeals the mining tax on the profits of big coal and iron ore companies – 2 September 2014
278. Bans secular workers from the school chaplaincy program – 27 August 2014
277. Refuses temporary visitors visas for Sri Lankan trade unionists to attend a union conference in Australia because they “do not have enough personal wealth” – 25 August 2014
276. Unemployment hits highest level in 12 years – 7 August 2014
275. Breaks an election promise to amend the race hate laws – 6 August 2014
274. Directs all government departments to disclose every contact with every union for any reason over the last decade to the Royal Commission – 28 July 2014
273. Allows the suspension of payments to parents whose children do not attend school in the Northern Territory – 19 July 2014
272. Axes the carbon tax with no viable policy to address climate change or Australia’s emission targets – 17 July, 2014
271. Risks up to $1 billion in revenue through job cuts at the ATO – July 15, 2014
270. Cuts all funding to Vibe Australia, the Indigenous organisation responsible for creating and producing the Deadly Awards, Deadly Vibe and InVibe magazines, Deadly Sounds radio, Move It Mob Style TV and deadlyvibe.com.au – July 14, 2014
269. Detains 153 asylum seekers at sea on board a customs ship for a month, despite questions about the legality of this action – July 12, 2014
268. Offends China and many Australians by praising the “skill and honour” of Japanese soliders who killed 22 000 Australians and hundreds of thousands of Chinese during World War II – 9 July 2014
267. Hands over 41 Sri Lankan asylum seekers to the custody of Sri Lankan authorities after screening them at sea and transferring them while still on the water – 07 July, 2014
266. Creates a strategic communications branch employing 37 people and costing $4.7 million each year, to oversee communications in the department of Prime Minister and Cabinet despite saying at the 2013 launch of the Liberal Party’s book on ALP waste, that they would spend less on spin than the previous government – July 05, 2014
265. Describes Australia as ‘unsettled’ before the British arrived, during an address to the Australia-Melbourne Institute Conference – 04 July, 2014
264. Grants the Immigration Minister power over the granting of permanent residence allowing him to personally decide the conditions of the test and his decisions will not be subject to appeal – 03 July, 2014
263. Breaks a promise not to grant permanent permanent residency to people arriving by boat by granting a visa to a least one refugee – 03 July, 2014
262. Prohibits Community Legal Centres from using Government funding to advocate for policy or law reform – 02 July, 2014
261. Appoints a former Liberal MP and a conservative columnist and vocal opponent of the ABC to the ABC and SBS appointments panel – 02 July, 2014
260. Strikes out protections for consumers of financial advice before the report into the Commonwealth Bank of Australia financial planning scandal is tabled, which recommends a Royal Commission into the bank to investigate allegations of fraud, forgery and a management cover-up – 01 July, 2014
259. Refuses to confirm the existence of two boatloads of refugees reported to be currently on board customs vessels. The Government previously denied the vessels were in trouble and refuses to comment on whether the refugees will be landing in Australia – 30 June, 2014
258. Revokes the residential determination of two asylum seekers from Vietnam currently in high school in Adelaide and removes them to a detention centre, resulting in up to 7 other children, also in school, running away for fear of the same fate – 28 June, 2014
257. Cuts Dementia and Severe Behaviours Supplement, a payment to those who provide care for people with severe behavioural and psychological symptoms of dementia – 26 June, 2014
256. Breaks promise that no public servants will be forced into redundancy as it is revealed that staff in Treasury in Finance will be made involuntarily redundant – 24 June, 2014
255. Seeks to reintroduce Temporary Protection Visas after the High Court strikes down the Government’s attempt to limit the number of permanent visas available each year – 22 June 2014.
254. Refuses to halt return of refugees to war-torn Iraq – 18 June, 2014
253. Abandons the long-held, bipartisan position of referring to Palestinian land captured in 1967 as occupied – 06 June, 2014
252. Abolishes the Corporations and Markets Advisory Committee, which has, for 25 years, investigated gaps in Australia’s corporate and financial markets law and recommended ways to close them – 05 June, 2014
251. Excludes Australian shipyards from a major new contract, sending jobs offshore and threatening the industry in Australia – 05 June, 2014
250. Cuts funding to the peak refugee organisation the Refugee Council of Australia – 30 May 2014
249. Takes money from the Royal Commission into Institutional Responses to Child Sexual Abuse and gives it to the Royal Commission into the Home Insulation Scheme – 28 May 2014
248. Breaks promise that no public servants will be forced into redundancy after revelations that public servants in the Department of Industry have been made involuntarily redundant – 19 May 2014
247. Scraps the National Water Commission – 13 May, 2014
246. Abolishes funding for Building Australia’s Future Workforce – 13 May, 2014
245. Abolishes the Get Reading Programme – 13 May, 2014
244. Scraps the annual subsidy to local ethanol producers – 13 May 2014
243. Slashes the Biodiversity Fund – 13 May, 2014
242. Cuts the Education Department’s Online Diagnostic Tools Programme – 13 May, 2014
241. Abolishes the Australian Organ and Tissue Donation and Transplantation Authority which was established to encourage organ donation – 13 May, 2014
240. Introduces annual reviews for veterans receiving military compensation payments due to illness or injury – 13 May, 2014
239. Terminates the Office of Water Science research programme – 13 May, 2014
238. Abolishes the Commonwealth Human Rights Education Grant – 13 May 2014
237. Abolishes funding to the Exotic Disease Preparedness Programme – 13 May 2014
236. Slashes funding from the Indigenous Health Budget – 13 May 2014
235. Cuts funding for Indigenous language support – 13 May 2014
234. Cuts funding to the Torres Strait Regional Authority – 13 May 2014
233. Abolishes the Congress of Australia’s First Peoples, the only elected representative body for Indigenous Australians – 13 May 2014
232. Breaks election promise and slashes funding to Landcare – 13 May 2014
231. Abolishes the National Rental Affordability Scheme – 13 May 2014
230. Cuts funding from the corporate regulator ASIC which oversees the financial sector – 13 May 2014
229. Axes the first home buyers savings scheme – 13 May 2014
228. Reduces funding to the Tertiary Education Quality and Standards Agency – 13 May 2014
227. Abolishes the Improving Educational Outcomes Programme – 13 May 2014
226. Cuts funding to the Child Care Early Learning Projects and the Professional Support Program which assist childcare workers gain skills – 13 May 2014
225. Reduces funding to the Australian Institute for Teaching and School Leadership – 13 May 2014
224. Cut the Research Training Scheme, with tertiary education providers to introduce student contributions for higher degrees – 13 May 2014
223. Ends the development of the Australian Baccalaureate – 13 May 2014
222. Cuts higher education reward funding – 13 May 2014
221. Cuts the Australian National University’s HC Coombs Policy Forum – 13 May 2014
220. Cuts Australian Research Council funding – 13 May 2014
219. Abolishes tax break for mature age workers and replaces it with a payment for employing people over 50 who have been on Newstart or the DSP for more than 6 months – 13 May 2014
218. Cuts an incentive program for graduates to take up work in regional locations of need – 13 May 2014
217. Axes the National Partnership Agreement on Certain Concessions for Pensioners and Seniors Card Holders which supports state and territory concessions for senior citizens including energy rebates. – 13 May 2014
216. Kills off four grant programmes including the the Australian Community Food Safety Campaign and Outreach Support Services for Criminalised Women – 13 May 2014
215. Cuts $2.3 million in contribution to the World Health Organisation – 13 May 2014
214. Abolishes the Australian Interactive Games Fund which helped support local video game developers – 13 May 2014
213. Breaks a promise not to cuts funding to health by dramatically cutting hospital funding – 13 May 2014
212. Cuts $240 million over four years to community programs that support poor, sick or disadvantaged people – 13 May 2014
211. Cuts $25 million over 4 years (a quarter of the total) funding to Community Legal Centres who provide legal support to the poor and disadvantaged – 13 May 2014
210. Cuts the Women in Leadership program – 13 May 2014
209. Breaks a promise to have one million more solar roofs across Australia and at least 25 solar towns – 13 May 2014
208. Breaks a promise to spend $2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund by committing less than half this amount in the budget – 13 May 2014
207. Orders the spending of $11.7 million to plan the privatisation of: Defence Housing Australia, the Royal Australian Mint and the registry function of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission – 13 May 2014
206. Announces 3000 job loses at the Australian Tax Office – 13 May 2014
205. Freezes the Family Tax Benefit A at a set income level regardless of the number of children – 13 May 2014
204. Cuts the Family Tax Benefit B end-of-year supplement by 15% – 13 May 2014
203. Reduces funding for the Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation – 13 May 2014
202. Reduces funding to the Australian Institute for Marine Science – 13 May 2014
201. Scraps a range of grant programs aimed at funding innovation and start-up businesses, including: Australian Industry Participation; Commercialisation Australia; Enterprise Solutions; Innovation Investment Fund; Industry Innovation Councils; Enterprise Connect; Industry Innovation Precincts; and Textile, Clothing and Footwear Small Business and Building Innovative Capability – 13 May 2014
200. Rips a further $111.4 million over four years out of the operating budget of the CSIRO – 13 May 2014
199. Ceases funding for National ICT Australia, which is a research centre for communications and information technology – 13 May 2014
198. Abolishes Medicare locals – 13 May 2014
197. Reduces payments to people under 35 with a disability who cannot find employment if they could work more than eight hours a week – 13 May 2014
196. Mandates religious education in schools by taking away the option for schools to opt for a secular social worker instead – 13 May 2014
195. Abolishes the ABC’s disability communities website Ramp Up – 13 May 2014
194. Abolishes the Disability Discrimination Commissioner – 13 May 2014
193. Abolishes the Better Schools Centre for Quality Teaching and Learning – 13 May 2014
192. Dismantles the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare and will establish a health productivity and performance commission – 13 May 2014
191. Abolishes the Seniors Supplement – 13 May 2014
190. Axes the tax break for people with dependent spouses – 13 May 2014
189. Axes the Diagnostic Imaging Quality Programme – 13 May 2014
188. Ceases the Dental Flexible Grants Program – 13 May 2014
187. Axes the Charles Sturt University’s dental and oral health clinics – 13 May 2014
186. Axes funding for the nursing and allied health scholarships in Tasmania – 13 May 2014
185. Defers 13 Partners in Recovery programs which help people with severe and persistent mental illness and complex support needs – 13 May 2014
184. Cuts funding to the National Anti-Tobacco Campaign – 13 May 2014
183. Cuts Australia’s Animal Welfare Strategy – 13 May 2014
182. Abolishes Health Workforce Australia and cuts the expansion of the Clinical Training Funding Program – 13 May 2014
181. Axes the National Partnership Agreement on Preventive Health – 13 May 2014
180. Defers the National Partnership Agreement for adult public dental services until July 2015 – 13 May 2014
179. Reduces the Medicare benefit for optometry services and allows optometrists to charge more – 13 May 2014
178. Abolishes the GP Education and Training Limited and ceasing the Pre-vocational GP Placements Scheme – 13 May 2014
177. Axes industry and community clean energy programs include the Low Emissions Technology Demonstration Fund, the National Low Emission Coal Initiative, Energy Efficiency Programmes, the National Solar Schools Plan, Energy Efficiency Information Grants and Low Carbon Communities – 13 May 2014
176. Scraps The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) which was set up to support new and emerging renewable technologies and in doing so breaks an election promise – 13 May 2014
175. Scraps the Housing Help for Seniors scheme which provided assistance to older Australians – 13 May 2014
174. Pulls $2.5 billion from aged care, including $1.7 billion from home based support such as Meals on Wheels – 13 May 2014
173. Cuts the benefit for unemployed people under 25 by moving them onto the Youth Allowance – 13 May 2014
172. Kills off the Gonski school funding vision by cutting future funding by $30 billion – 13 May 2014
171. Reduces Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme safety nets – 13 May 2014
170. Breaks a promise to make no cuts to health with a $368 million cut from preventative health measures – 13 May 2014
169. Cuts the Family Tax Benefit A end-of-year supplement by 17% – 13 May 2014
168. Increases the fuel excise twice a year by indexing it to CPI – 13 May 2014
167. Forces students to repay their debt earlier by lowering the wage they need to earn before payments kick in – 13 May 2014
166. Increases debt for students by increasing the interest on their fees – 13 May 2014
165. Makes it harder for retirees to access the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card – 13 May 2014
164. Guts the Australia Council and Screen Australia by cutting $87 million for the Arts – 13 May 2014
163. Forces people under 30 to work for the dole if they want to receive any financial support after a waiting period of six months with no financial support – 13 May 2014
162. Imposes a six month wait for people under 30s to receive unemployment benefits – 13 May 2014
161. Cuts the Family Tax Benefit Part B – 13 May 2014
160. Cuts the old age pension by indexing it to CPI instead of wages – 13 May 2014
159. Increases the pension age to 70 from 2035 – 13 May 2014
158. Imposes a $5 increase on the cost of all medicines available under the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme (80c for concession card holders) – 13 May 2014
157. Cuts the ‘Tools for the Trade’ program which helped apprentices buy their tools, and replacing it with a loan scheme apprentices will have to repay – 13 May 2014
156. Caps the amount of money workers can recoup in entitlements if their employer becomes insolvent or bankrupt to 16 weeks – 13 May 2014
155. Breaks a promise to only cut the foreign aid budget by $4.5 billion and cuts it by $7.9 billion instead – 13 May 2014
154. Axes funding to the Australian Youth Affairs Coalition, the national peak body for young people- 13 May 2014
153. Slashes Disability Support Pensions by indexing to inflation – 13 May 2014
152. Abolishes the highly successful Youth Connections program that supports young people who have not completed, or are at risk of not completing Year 12 or equivalent qualifications also costing hundreds of community sector jobs – 13 May 2014
151. Breaks a promise of “no new taxes” by introducing a fuel levy – 13 May 2014
150. Announces the sacking of 16,500 public sector workers as whole Departments are abolished despite promising only 12,000 job losses – 13 May 2014
149. Cuts $500 million from indigenous programs over five years – 13 May 2014
148. Breaks a promise of “no new taxes” by introducing a deficit tax rise of two percentage points for people earning more than $180,000 a year – 13 May 2014
147. Scrapping a net $1.2 billion in tuition subsidies for universities – 13 May 2014
146. Scraps the Australia Network, Australia’s international television service broadcast across our region that provides news and current affairs from an Australian perspective – 13 May 2014
145. Breaks promise of “no cuts to the ABC or SBS” by cutting $43.5 million from the ABC and SBS – 13 May 2014
144. Tried to undermine Medicare by announcing a $7 fee increase for GP visits – 13 May 2014
143. Tears up the Federal Government’s agreement with states and territories to help fund increasing health costs – 13 May 2014
142. Tries to abolish caps on university fees, meaning universities will be able to charge whatever they like for degrees – 13 May 2014
141. Abolishes the COAG Reform Council — which provides information to Governments so they can track the performance of their programs – 13 May 2014
140. Sacks the National People with Disability and Carers Council — which pushed for and then helped build the NDIS – 13 May 2014
139. Releases the Commission of Audit report which recommends savage budget cuts that would negatively affect every Australian – 1 May 2014
138. Breaks a promise to introduce the paid parental leave scheme he took to the election – 30 April 2014
137. Spends $12.4 billion on new fighter jets whilst claiming a budget “emergency” and preparing to make big cuts to health and welfare – 23 April 2014
136. Abolishes the research and development tax incentives board – 11 April 2014
135. Begins dismantling GP Super clinics – 8 April 2014
134. Cuts 480 jobs from the Environment Department who are responsible for protecting places such as Kakadu, Antarctica and the Great Barrier Reef – 7 April 2014
133. Forbids public servants from making political comments online, even anonymously, and instructs them to report on colleagues who do – 6 April 2014
132. Establishes a secret, publicly funded “hit squad” to target political opponents led by the man who provided a “chaff bag” for Alan Jones to auction at a Young Liberal fundraiser – 1 April 2014
131. Imposes fees and charges on people who become bankrupt – 1 April 2014
130. Axes free legal assistance for asylum seekers – 31 March 2014
129. Attempts to defund Ethical Clothing Australia that worked with industry to protect outworkers in the textile and clothing industry from exploitation and abandons the Governments ethical procurement guidelines – 30 March 2014
128. Opposes a UN resolution to conduct war crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka – 28 March 2014
127. Closes all Medicare offices on Saturdays – 26 March 2014
126. Brings back the awards of knights and dames which were abolished in 1986 – 25 March 2014
125. Cuts 400 jobs from the industry department – 25 March 2014
124. Ensures a human rights enquiry into the Manus Island detention centre is shut down and human rights lawyers are denied access to the centre – 23 March 2014
123. Abolishes one third of the jobs in Treasury costing approximately 300 jobs – 21 March 2014
122. Cuts welfare payments to orphans of soldiers – 16 March 2014
121. Moves to deny funding to artists or events that refuse corporate sponsorship for ethical reasons – 15 March 2014
120. Cuts hundreds of jobs at the CSIRO – 14 March 2014
119. Reopens 457 visa loophole to allow employers to hire an unlimited number of workers without scrutiny – 12 March 2014
118. Overturns a ban on cattle grazing in the Victorian Alpine National Park – 6 March 2014
117. Frustrated and defeated an attempt at the UN to highlight the humanitarian consequences of nuclear war – 5 March 2014
116. Axes funding earmarked to save the Sumatran rhinoceros from extinction – 28 February 2014
115. Introduces legislation to allow people aged between 17-24 years old to work for half the minimum wage and be exempted from all other work rights including health and safety laws and protections should they be injured at work – 26 February 2014
114. Axes funding to Aboriginal Early Childhood Support and Learning Incorporated, the only Indigenous peak body advising on early childhood issues for Indigenous people in NSW – 25 February, 2014
113. Misleads the Australian public about what occurred on Manus Island when asylum seekers were attacked killing one person and injuring seventy-seven. Once the information was known to be untrue, waited five days to correct the record – 25 February 2014
112. Contravenes 113 years of established practice by moving to release the previous Government’s confidential cabinet papers to the Royal Commission into the Pink Batts scheme – 22 February 2014
111. Scraps food grants program for small farmers – 21 February 2014
110. Pressured SPC Ardmona to cut the pay and conditions for workers in return for Government money – 20 February 2014
109. Blames carbon pricing for the close of Alcoa smelters and rolling mills and the loss of nearly 1000 jobs, despite the fact the company states it had no bearing on their decision – 19 February 2014
108. Breaches the privacy and puts in danger around 10, 000 asylum seekers and their families by releasing their personal details on the Department of Immigration website – 19 February 2014
107. Fails to ensure the safety of asylum seekers in our care on Manus Island who were subjected to a vicious attack, which left one person dead and seventy-seven seriously injured – 18 February 2014
106. Reverses the previous government’s decision to care for refugee children who are without an adult family member (ie unaccompanied minors) in the community and sends them to detention centres in Nauru – 17 February 2014
105. Removes poverty reduction from the goals of the foreign affairs budget –February 17, 2014
104. Appoints a climate change skeptic to head a review of our renewable energy target – 17 February 2014
103. Pays hundreds of indigenous workers in his Department up to $19 000 less than non-indigenous workers doing the same job and cuts the budget for the representative body the National Congress of Australia’s First Peoples causing two-thirds of the staff to lose their jobs – 15 February 2014
102. Breaks a promise to provide fibre-to-the-premises for all Tasmanians for the National Broadband Network – 13 February 2014
101. Unemployment rate jumps to highest in more than 10 years – 13 February 2014
100. Lies to the Australian public about the reasons Toyota gave for their decision to close in order to blame the workers and their union – 12 February 2014
99. Takes down a website providing information to the Australian public on the ingredients and nutritional content of foods. It is later revealed that the person in the Minister’s office who gave this directive is married to a lobbyist from the junk food industry and was still a share holder in their lobbying company – 11 February 2014
98. Destroys the Australian car manufacturing industry by refusing to provide any industry assistance leading to the decision of Toyota to shut costing up to 30 000 jobs – 10 February 2014
97. Launches a Royal Commission into unions – 10 February 2014
96. Attempts to reintroduce temporary visas for asylum seekers found to be fleeing persecution preventing them ever settling in Australia and retrospectively applies them to 20 000 people. This is stopped in the Senate twice by the ALP and The Greens – 7 February 2014
95. Supports a reduction of penalty rates and other Award minimums in a submission to the Fair Work Commission’s review of all Awards – 4 February 2014
94. Lies to the Australian public about the wages and working conditions of factory workers at SPC Ardmona in Shepparton and uses this incorrect information to blame them for their job insecurity – 4 February 2014
93. Launches an “efficiency study” into ABC and the SBS – 30 January 2014
92. Cuts the wages of Australian troops deployed overseas by almost $20 000 per solider – 29 January 2014
91. Intervenes on the side of Toyota to support cutting Australian workers wages and conditions – 28 January 2014
90. Privatises the 104 year old Australian Valuation Office costing nearly 200 jobs – 24 January 2014
89. Seeks to wind back the World Heritage listing of Tasmania’s forests – 23 January 2014
88. Withdraws funding from Operation Newstart, an early intervention program to help vulnerable young people – 22 January 2014
87. Exempts Western Australia from national environment laws to facilitate shark culling – 21 January 2014
86. Defunds all international environmental programs, the International Labour Organisation and cuts funding to a range of international aid programs run by NGOs such as Save the Children, Oxfam, CARE Australia and Caritas – 18 January 2014
85. Violates Indonesia’s territorial sovereignty while turning back asylum seeker boats – 17 January 2014
84. Politicises the national school curriculum by appointing a former Liberal staffer and a Coalition supporter, both critics of the current curriculum to conduct a review – 10 January 2014.
83. Directs that people already found to be refugees who arrived by boat be given the lowest priority for family reunion – 8 January 2014
82. Fails to contradict or take any action against a member of his government, Senator Cory Bernardi, who makes divisive statements about: abortion, “non-traditional” families and their children, same sex couples, couples who use IVF and calls for parts of WorkChoices to be reintroduced – 6 January 2014
81. Scraps funding for the Jewish Holocaust Centre –January 3, 2014
80. Devastates Australia’s contribution to overseas aid by cutting $4.5 billion from the budget, causing vital programs supporting those in extreme poverty in our region to collapse – 1 January 2014
79. Drastically reduces tax breaks for small business and fails to publicise it – 1 January 2014
78. Appoints Tim Wilson, a Liberal Party member and Policy Director of a right-wing think tank to the position of Commissioner at the Human Rights Commission even though this think tank argued for the Commission to be abolished – 23 December 2013
77. Approves private health fund premium increases of an average 6.2% a year – 23 December 2013
76. Breaks his promise to provide the promised customs vessel to monitor whaling operations in the Southern Ocean – 23 December 2013
75. Requests the delisting of World Heritage status for Tasmanian forests – 21 December 2013
74. Cuts funding to the Energy Efficiency Opportunities Programme which makes it mandatory for large energy using businesses to improve their efficiency –17 December, 2013
73. Breaks a promise to make no cuts to health by cutting $150 million from hospital and health services – 17 December 2013.
72. Scraps the Home Energy Saver Scheme which helps struggling low income households cut their electricity bills – 17 December 2013
71. Defunds the Public Interest Advocacy Centre whose objectives are to work for a fair, just and democratic society by taking up legal cases public interest issues – 17 December 2013
70. Defunds the Environmental Defenders Office which is a network of community legal centres providing free advice on environmental law – 17 December 2013
69. Axes funding for animal welfare – 17 December 2013
68. Breaks his election promise of no cuts to education by cutting funding for trade training centres in schools – 17 December 2013
67. Abolishes the AusAID graduate program costing 38 jobs – 17 December 2013
66. Cuts Indigenous legal services by $13.4 million. This includes $3.5 million from front line domestic violence support services, defunding the National Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Legal Services and abolishing all policy and law reform positions across the country – 17 December 2013
65. Abolishes the position of co-ordinator-general for remote indigenous services – 17 December 2013
64. Breaks his promise to unequivocally support the NDIS by changing the name of NDIS “launch sites” to “trial sites” and flags cuts to funding – 17 December 2013
63. Abolishes the National Office for Live Music along with the live music ambassadors – 17 December 2013
62. Cuts $2.5 million from community radio – 17 December 2013
61. Weakens the ministerial code of conduct to let ministers keep shares in companies – 16 December 2013
60. Disbands the independent Immigration Health Advisory Group for asylum seekers – 16 December 2013
59. Dumps the National Occupational Licensing Scheme which was designed to increase productivity by making it easier for skilled workers to work interstate – 14 December 2013
58. Axes $4.5 million from charities and community groups for the Building Multicultural Communities Program – 13 December 2013
57. Starts dismantling Australia’s world leading marine protection system – 13 December 2013
56. Scraps the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water – 13 December 2013
55. Breaks his NBN election promise of giving all Australians access to 25 megabits per second download speeds by 2016 – 12 December 2013
54. Overturns the “critically endangered” listing of the Murray Darling Basin – 11 December 2013
53. Dares Holden to leave Australia. Holden responds by announcing its closure which costs Australians tens of thousands of jobs – 11 December 2013
52. Approves Clive Palmer’s mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin which opponents say will severely damage Great Barrier Reef – 11 December 2013
51. Demands that the few childcare workers who got pay rises “hand them back” – 10 December 2013
50. Approves the largest coal port in the world in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area – 10 December 2013
49. Removes the community’s right to challenge decisions where the government has ignored expert advice on threatened species impacts – 9 December 2013
48. Downgrades national environment laws by giving approval powers to state premiers – 9 December 2013
47. Undermines Australia’s democracy by signing a free trade agreement with South Korea allowing corporations to sue the Australian Government – 6 December 2013
46. Damages our diplomatic relationship with our nearest neighbour East Timor – 5 December 2013
45. Repeals the pokie reform legislation which was designed to combat problem gambling – 4 December 2013
44. Suspends the Wage Connect program, despite it being proven to deliver good outcomes for unemployed people – 3 December 2013
43. Axes funding to the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council of Australia, forcing the 46 year old organisation to close. It is later revealed that a staffer in the Assistant Health Minister’s office had links to the Alcohol Industry – 27 November 2013
42. Breaks his promise to support Gonski and back flips three times – 25 November 2013
41. Shifts Australia’s position at the UN on Israeli settlements – 25 November 2013
40. Damages our diplomatic relationship with the Indonesian Government by refusing to apologise for tapping the phones of their President, his wife and senior Government officials – 23 November 2013
39. Converts crucial Start-Up Scholarships into loans, increasing the debt of 80,000 higher education students by $1.2 billion – 21 November 2013
38. Gifts two navy patrol boats to the Sri Lankan government to stop asylum seekers fleeing the Sri Lankan government – 17 November 2013
37. Introduces a Bill to impose on workers who are elected onto unpaid union committees huge financial penalties and jail terms for breeches of new compliance obligations – 14 November 2013
36. Condones torture by foreign governments by saying “sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen” – 14 November 2013
35. Hides information from the Parliament and the people about the government’s treatment of asylum seekers – 13 November 2013
34. Abandons Australia’s emission reduction targets – 12 November, 2013
33. Separates a refugee mother from her newborn baby – 10 November 2013
32. Cuts 600 jobs at the CSIRO – 8 November 2013
31. Abolishes Insurance Reform Advisory Group which provided a forum for industry and consumer bodies to discuss insurance industry reform – 8 November 2013
30. Abolishes the Maritime Workforce Development Forum which was an industry body working to build a sustainable skills base for the maritime industry – 8 November 2013
29. Abolishes the High Speed Rail Advisory Group whose job it was to advise Governments on the next steps on implementing high speed rail for eastern Australia – 8 November 2013
28. Abolishes the Advisory Panel on the Marketing in Australia of Infant Formula which for 21 years ensured companies comply with agreements on the advertising of infant formula – 8 November 2013
27. Abolishes the Antarctic Animal Ethics Committee who ensured research on animals in the Antarctic complies with Australian standards – 8 November 2013
26. Abolished the National Steering Committee on Corporate Wrongdoing that for 21 years worked to make sure the law was effectively enforced on corporate criminals – 8 November 2013
25. Abolishes the National Inter-country Adoption Advisory Council which provided expert advice on overseas adoption – 8 November 2013
24. Abolishes International Legal Services Advisory Council which was responsible for working to improve the international performance of Australia’s legal services – 8 November 2013
23. Abolishes the Commonwealth Firearms Advisory Council a group of experts in gun crime and firearms which was set up after the Port Arthur massacre – 8 November 2013
22. Abolishes Australian Animals Welfare Advisory Committee a diverse group of experts advising the Agriculture Minister on animal welfare issues – 8 November 2013
21. Abolishes the National Housing Supply Council which provided data and expert advice on housing demand, supply and affordability – 8 November 2013
20. Abolishes the Advisory Panel on Positive Ageing, established to help address the challenges the country faces as the number of older Australians grows – 8 November 2013
19. Refuses to offer support to manufacturing in Tasmania, despite requests and warnings. Caterpillar announces the move of 200 jobs from Burnie to Thailand, costing around 1000 local jobs – 5 November 2013
18. Provides $2.2 million legal aid for farmers and miners to fight native title claims – 1 November 2013
17. Abolishes the 40 year old AusAID costing hundreds of jobs – 1 November 2013
16. Launches a successful High Court challenge which strikes down the ACT Marriage Equality laws invalidating the marriages of many people and ensuring discrimination against same-sex couples continues – 23 October 2013
15. Denies there is a link between climate change and more severe bush fires and accuses a senior UN official was “talking through their hat” – 23 October 2013
14. Appoints the head of the Business Council of Australia to a “Commission of Audit” to recommend cuts to public spending – 22 October 2013
13. Cuts compensation to the victims of bushfires – 21 October 2013
12. Instructs public servants and detention centre staff to call asylum seekers “illegals” – 20 October 2013
11. Appoints Howard era Australian Building & Construction Commission (ABCC) Director to help reinstate the ABCC with all its previous oppressive powers over construction workers – 17 October 2013
10. Axes the Major Cities Unit a Government agency with 10 staff which provided expert advice on urban issues in our 18 biggest cities – 24 September 2013
9. Breaks his promise to “stop the boats” – 23 September 2013
8. Scraps the Social Inclusion Board, which had been established to guide policy on the reduction of poverty in Australia – 19 September 2013
7. Abolishes the Climate Commission – 19 September 2013
6. Appoints himself Minister for Women – 16 September 2013
5. Appoints only one woman into his cabinet and blames the women for his decision, saying he appoints “on merit”– 16 September 2013
4. Abolishes key ministerial positions of climate change and science – 16 September 2013
3. Breaks his promise to spend his first week with an Aboriginal community –14 September 2012
2. Takes away pay rises for childcare workers – 13 September 2013
1. Takes away pay rises from aged care workers – 13 September 2013
The Broken Promise Count
1. Does not spend his first week as Prime Minister with an Aboriginal community – 14 September 2013. This promise was made in front of indigenous elders and participants at the Garma Festival on 10 August 2013, this is a live recording.
2. Fails to “stop the boats” – 23 September 2013. This promise was repeated so many times I can’t count. Here’s Abbott’s 2013 campaign launch speech.
3. Breaks his promise to support Gonski – 25 November 2013 and 13 May 2014. Fails to commit to future funding or to require States to match the Commonwealth funding commitment. See paragraph two from Christopher Pyne on 29 August 2013
4. Breaks its NBN election promise of giving all Australians access to 25 megabits per second download speeds by 2016 – 12 December 2013 This was the Coalition’s policy they took to the election first announced 9 April 2013.
5. Breaks his election promise of no cuts to education by cutting funding for trade training centres in schools on 17 December 2013. He made this promise at the National Press Club on 2 September 2013 and in writing on 5 September 2013 as part of their policy commitments.
6. Breaks a promise to make no cuts to health. He made this promise at the National Press Club on 2 September 2013 and in writing on 5 September 2013 as part of their policy commitments. This promise was first broken on 27 November 2013 when they cut funding to the Alcohol and Other Drugs Council
7. Breaks a promise to make no cuts to health on 17 December 2013 when they cut $150 million from hospitals and health services.
8. Fails to provide the promised customs vessel to monitor whaling operations in the Southern Ocean – 23 December 2013 Promise made by Greg Hunt – 9 April 2013
9. Breaks a promise to provide fibre-to-the-premises for all Tasmanians for the National Broadband Network. This promise was confirmed my Malcolm Turnbull on 17 August 2013 and confirmed as broken by the NBN Co executive chairman Ziggy Switkowski on 13 February 2014.
10. Breaks a promise to introduce the paid parental leave scheme he took to the election on 30 April 2014 by reducing the promised benefit for those earning above $100 000.
11. Breaks promise of “no cuts to the ABC or SBS” by cutting $43.5 million from the ABC and SBS.
12. Breaks a promise of “no new taxes” by introducing a deficit tax rise of two percentage points for people earning more than $180,000 a year.
13. Announced to sacking of 16,500 public sector workers as whole Departments are abolished despite promising only 12,000 job losses and through natural attrition.
14. Breaks a promise of “no new taxes” by introducing a fuel levy.
15. Reduction in foreign aid budget of $7.9 billion over five years despite promise to not exceed $4.5 billion and cut via indexation.
16. Increases the pension age to 70 from 2035 after promising no changes to pensions
17. Cuts to old age pension by indexing to CPI, while it was promised there would be no changes.
18. Scraps The Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) which was set up to support new and emerging renewable technologies and in doing so breaks an election promise.
19. Tears up the Federal Government’s agreement with states and territories to help fund increasing health costs despite promise of no cuts to health.
20. Breaks a promise to make no cuts to health with a $368 million cut from preventative health measures.
21. Reduces the Medicare benefit for optometry services and allows optometrists to charge more, despite promise to not cut health budget.
22. Axes the Charles Sturt University’s dental and oral health clinics, despite promise to not cut health budget.
23. Abolishes Medicare locals, despite promise to not cut health budget.
24. Breaks a promise to spend $2.55 billion Emissions Reduction Fund by committing less than half this amount in the budget.
25. Breaks a promise to have one million more solar roofs across Australia and at least 25 solar towns.
26. Breaks a promise not to cuts funding to health by dramatically cutting hospital funding.
27. Breaks election promise and slashes funding to Landcare
28. Breaks promise that no public servants will be forced into redundancy after revelations that two public servants in the Department of Industry have been made involuntarily redundant since September.
29. Breaks promise that no public servants will be forced into redundancy as it is revealed that at least 30 staff in Treasury will be made involuntarily redundant.
30. Breaks a promise not to grant permanent permanent residency to people arriving by boat by granting a visa to a least one refugee
31. Breaks a promise to amend the race hate laws
32. Breaks a promise to “make no unexpected detrimental changes to superannuation” by killing the Low Income Super Contribution, the Superannuation Guarantee and delaying superannuation increases for seven years.
33. Breaks election promise to build replacement submarines in South Australian shipyards, spending more than $20 billion on Japanese submarines instead.
34. Breaks an election promise to a publish a proposal for constitutional recognition for Indigenous people and establish a bipartisan process to try to bring about recognition as soon as possible within the first 12 months of Government.
35. Breaks promise to achieve a surplus in the Governments’ first year in office, instead overseeing an estimated $51 billion deterioration in revenue.
36. Breaks a key election promise to bring in 26 weeks parental leave paid at a working mother’s actual wage
37. Breaks an election promise to improve transparency by restricting the transparency of overseas travel expenses after media reports on Christopher Pyne’s lavish trip to Europe with his wife
38. Imposes a $900 tax on new homes connecting to the NBN and breaks his election promise on new taxes.
39. Dumps his signature paid parental leave policy
40. Breaks promise to lead a “strong, stable, accountable” government
41. Breaks an election promise to “make no changes to the GST” by extending it to purchases made online
42. Breaks a promise to provide a stable and unified Government
Tracking Tory Wreckage 
This one seems to have escaped notice. A pretty savage impost for those affected: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/tony-abbotts-repeal-day-to-cost-lowpaid-cleaners-in-big-pay-cuts-20140322-35a6g.html
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Then he can produce to you the one big lie of the previous government “There will be no Carbon Tax in the Government I lead” We all forget about that one did we and the amount of hurt it is costing the normal Australians. Also the fact that even Kevvie said before the last election that he was going to repeal it if he won government but alas he lost and now the leader of the Labor Party who by the way actually got less votes for the leadership than Albanese (sorry if spelt wrong) but still won the leadership because it appears that the votes of the ordinary Labor Party faithfuls are worth less than those elected to Parliament by those same people has voted with the Greens to block the rescinding of this tax.
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Blah blah blah same old shite from same old shite head Lieberal supporters . Caused so much pain to Aussies , not as much as your dimwitted Lieberals are causing to the country . You want to hope that Abbott doesn’t come after your job . Don’t think for one moment he gives a flying f$&k if you lose your job . He got voted in and that’s all he cares about .
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What she said but what has always been truncated by those pushing their barrows full of coal is http://fairmediaalliance.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/ “There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead but let’s be absolutely clear I am determined to price carbon”. Get it right and don’t parrot the COALition.
The link contains details of how the quote has been reported and cut in various media.
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It’s a pity that even when faced with the blatant truth you cannot admit that abbott is the biggest fool to lead a country since G.W.Bush. He cut so much from the govrnments resources that now he cut the debtceilkng and Joe hockey said that labor would keep spending well lets srr sounds like hypocritsy
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Tell me how this is a lie, Fred, compared with what she delivered as a minority leader in parliament
http://www.theaustralian.com.au/national-affairs/julia-gillards-carbon-price-promise/story-fn59niix-1225907522983
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Fred you need get the fact straight and stop listening Murdoch Julia did not LIE FACT
Julia Gillard did not lie She actually said, following her comment about there being “no carbon tax under the government she led”; that she was determined to put a price on carbon – which was to be paid by the big polluters; with lower-income earners being compensated. Different from a tax which is paid for by the majority of the working class and middle class population.
The media and the opposition only decided to pay attention to the first part of that statement; and neglected to pay attention to the rest of the statement that she made.
http://fairmediaalliance.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/there-will-be-no-carbon-tax-under-a-government-i-lead-but-lets-be-absolutely-clear-i-am-determined-to-price-carbon/
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Fred Are you an LNP TOLL you do not get the facts straight Carbon price was for 3 years then ETS we brought it forward by 1 year you listen to Murdoch and co she did not lie fact unlike silly Abbott that lies all time
It’s not tax get facts From Julie Owens PM Thanks Stewart, you are right. the debate over the two years prior to Julia’s statement about a carbon tax was about which would be more effective, a tax (which was the Greens’ view) or a market mechanism ( which both major parties supported). She made a speech at the press club and several other statements that week committing to a price on carbon as was Labor policy, not a Tax. We introduced a market based system (not a tax).
The evidence shows Gillard’s clear commitment was to introduce an ETS based on Rudd ETS (aka CPRS) rather than a Carbon Tax It’s not a tax it’s a price on carbon Tony Abbott lied
https://sites.google.com/site/carbontaxmyths/julia-gillard
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Fred you are making your self look silly Abbott LOL
LABOR REAFFIRMS COMMITMENT TO ETS It was always going to be an ETS Carbon price for 3 years we brought It forward by 1 Year It is not a tax ATO don’t look after it and it is a price on carbo
Federal Labor has reaffirmed its commitment to ending the carbon tax as long as it’s replaced with an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) in the Senate today.
Labor voted against the Greens’ disallowance motion against the Government’s revocation of voluntary auction for carbon units.
“This entire episode has been nothing more than a political stunt by Tony Abbott and Greg Hunt,” Shadow Climate Change Minister Mark Butler said.
“Labor’s decision indicates neither Greg Hunt’s claims of victory nor Christine Milne’s claims of defeat.”
The facts are:
Labor’s Clean Energy Bill amendments propose a shift to an Emissions Trading Scheme by 1 July 2014
The voluntary auction would have no impact on the introduction of Labor’s ETS
It is clear business would not have participated in this auction, given the uncertainty in the market created by the Government’s attempt to dismantle Labor’s clean energy policy.
“Under existing legislation, a new auction can be undertaken almost immediately if the Government were to accept the expert advice that an ETS is the best way to combat climate change,” Mr Butler said.
“Labor remains committed to terminating the carbon tax provided that an effective plan to combat carbon pollution is put in its place,” Mr Butler said.
“The Government has no such plan and all the Parliamentary tricks in the world will not change that fact.”
“This was a ploy by Mr Hunt to distract Australians from the fact he has no climate change policy and he is pretending this manoeuvre will lead to Labor abandoning its ETS,” Mark Butler said.
“Labor will not change its position on this.”
http://www.markbutler.net.au/news/2014/03/06/labor-reaffirms-commitment-to-ets
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An easy way to copy this document so you can print it, is to:
Highlight a few lines of text and photos is you want as well.
Press Ctrl + C (this copies it to the clipboard)
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Abbott’s 1900 spin doctors
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/national/public-service/army-of-1900-spin-doctors-costs-taxpayers-millions-20140325-35gqv.html
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Oh great! So we are paying $190 million to pay for this bunch of 1900 liars to tell us lies we don’t want to hear.
That needs to stop right now!
If Abbott wants to tell lies he should be paying for that from his own pocket.
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I think this post just enforces what I said about some Labor supporters not being able to answer a post with out using foul language and being just plain obnoxious.
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Still talking crap Frad , do you remember who stood in front of a sign that read ” ditch the witch ” and ” Bob’s Brown bitch ” . And you have the hide to call Labor supported obnoxious , pot and kettle I think hey Fred or whatever your name is.
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Fred, foul language and being just plain obnoxious is not just used by the left, have you ever read Larry Pickerings Face Book page? I suggest you do and then tell us what side uses the most foul language, and the most obnoxious words about anyone and everything Labor. When Julia Gillard was PM, the posts were absolutely disgusting. She has been out of politics and his posts still talk about her in the most derogatory way.
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I actually don’t red any of his stuff because of being told what he posts I have no more time from people from the right writing that sort of garbage than I have for the left doing the same.
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You talk about foul language Just look at Abbott He is very Foul LOL
Proverbially, There Is Fire!
A naughty biography of Tony Abbott’s Life or is it
A biography of Tony Abbott’s Naughty Life?
http://archiearchive.wordpress.com/2012/09/14/where-there-is-smoke/
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Did she say how she was going to do it because it appears to me we do have a carbon tax or what would you call it.
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The facts it is not a Carbon tax ATO do not look after it it is price on carbon and it works she did not lie Julia Gillard did not lie She actually said, following her comment about there being “no carbon tax under the government she led”; that she was determined to put a price on carbon – which was to be paid by the big polluters; with lower-income earners being compensated. Different from a tax which is paid for by the majority of the working class and middle class population.
The media and the opposition only decided to pay attention to the first part of that statement; and neglected to pay attention to the rest of the statement that she made.
http://fairmediaalliance.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/there-will-be-no-carbon-tax-under-a-government-i-lead-but-lets-be-absolutely-clear-i-am-determined-to-price-carbon/
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It’s not tax get facts From Julie Owens PM Thanks Stewart, you are right. the debate over the two years prior to Julia’s statement about a carbon tax was about which would be more effective, a tax (which was the Greens’ view) or a market mechanism ( which both major parties supported). She made a speech at the press club and several other statements that week committing to a price on carbon as was Labor policy, not a Tax. We introduced a market based system (not a tax).
The evidence shows Gillard’s clear commitment was to introduce an ETS based on Rudd ETS (aka CPRS) rather than a Carbon Tax It’s not a tax it’s a price on carbon Tony Abbott lied
https://sites.google.com/site/carbontaxmyths/julia-gillard
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News columnist admits: it’s not a “carbon tax” at all
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/09/14/news-columnist-admits-its-not-a-carbon-tax-at-all/
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Let look at the silly HYPOCRITE Abbott who supported A carbon TAX 2009 LOL
Abbott Government the worst in history fact’
Tony Abbott:”If you want to put a price on carbon why not just do it with a simple tax
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How many of those came on board before he was elected.
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Maybe you should think before you post anything the vast majority were employed by the previous government.
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HA HA HA I think may be you should think before you post Fred you have Egg on your face just like Abbott you LIAR
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Hi Sally, Have you seen this one
http://www.ethicalclothingaustralia.org.au/news-and-events/government-abandons-support-for-ethical-textile-clothing-footwear-industry/
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That’s terrible but not surprising of course.
We can hardly expect a government with no ethics itself to support anything else which is ethical.
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Thanks Phil, Ive added it
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You still calling me a liar I will treat your post with the contempt it deserves.
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Lol not trying to be mean or anything but Fred, I read your comments up to march of 14… And I think you’ve just given me cancer.
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Well if you feel like that I must be a very special person to give you cancer I hope you get it cured ASAP. If not don’t blame me .
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Fred you keep popping up with eye catching comments full of one sided logic and gross generalizations in support of your opinions. You remind me of the knight in the movie “The Holy Grail” who keeps fighting despite losing a succession of limbs. My advice to you is to hop away while you still have one good leg.
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you are LIAR Fred just like your mate Phony Tony Abbott LOL
So in actual FACT, all the L/NP, and Mr Tony Abbott have been telling lies for over 3 years about the impact of the Carbon price! What happened to the “python squeeze,” the “cobra strike,” the “wrecking ball through the whole economy,” “towns wiped off the map,” “thousands of job loses because of the Carbon tax,” “a toxic tax,” “a great big New tax!” IT IS ALL A GREAT BIG LIE! Your friend Mr Tony Abbott admitted it! – FACT
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What about this one?……………….
Despite saying he would not do so, His Grace Tony the Abbott, Duke of Australia has decided to reintroduce Dames and Knights.
Not surprising really from this COALition flat earth society.
To quote one commenter on Politics Live…………….
“I heartily welcome the new awards system of knights and dames. Great to see the country striding confidently forward into the Middle Ages. Feudalism here we come! Serf’s up!
Commenter
Gigondas.
Location
Date and time
March 25, 2014, 4:12PM
I couldn’t have said it better myself!
http://www.theage.com.au/comment/abbott-drags-us-back-in-time-to-a-knights-realm-20140326-35inb.html
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/the-pulse-live/politics-live-march-25-2014-20140325-35ew5.html#ixzz2x7w6SpVg
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-opinion/tony-abbotts-bunyip-aristocracy-arise-lord-clive-and-lady-gina-20140325-35g7i.html#ixzz2x7uyJUIq
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Reintroducing knights and dames is there. But it’s not a broken promise as he said we would do it after the election
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Oh, so that’s what got him elected then!?! 😉 haha
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“In a foolish and ultimately self-incriminating move, Murdoch’s Sunday Telegraph has tried to protect federal government leader Tony Abbott from humiliation.
Mr Abbott is quite capable of humiliating himself. In fact, he usually does it on a daily basis, making protecting him a full-time, even futile, job.
In short, The Sunday Telegraph pulled a page from 22 December, 2013, containing a story in which Abbott ruled out the reintroduction of knights and dames. Following a commotion on social media, the page was restored to the online edition the following day.”This story – dating from the 22nd Dec 2013 was AVAILABLE to read not now
it is not! It was a blatant Broken promise another lie Fact
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WTF????
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/pm-tony-abbott-rules-out-reinstating-knights-and-dames-in-oz/story-fni0cx4q-1226788026229
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#122. Brings back the awards of knights and dames which were abolished in 1986
He actually ruled out reinstating knighthoods, so it’s a back flip;
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/pm-tony-abbott-rules-out-reinstating-knights-and-dames-in-oz/story-fni0cx12-1226788026229
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Hardly “wreckage”…. In fact, it has probably done more damage to Tony Abbott’s credibility amongst his own supporters than to Australia.
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My dear old (96) white haired mother had this to say re. knighthoods, and I quote:
“The push behind this is not so much Abbott, whom I detest, and not even the unspeakable Howard, but rather Howard’s socialite wife, Janette, who sees herself as a “Dame.”
My mother is a very wise woman, who has seen nearly 100 years of Australia, and is very aware of ratbags when she sees them.
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Item 122 should be designated a ‘broken promise’.
See this News Ltd. article;
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/pm-tony-abbott-rules-out-reinstating-knights-and-dames-in-oz/story-fni0cx12-1226788026229
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It wasn’t an election promise
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Gillard fends off broken promise claims, but admits carbon plan is like a tax,The AustralianFebruary 25, 2011
JULIA Gillard has dismissed as “semantics” suggestions she has broken an election-eve promise ruling out a carbon tax, while admitting her carbon-pricing plan is “effectively like a tax”.
Opposition Leader Tony Abbott accused Ms Gillard of political dishonesty, saying she had no mandate for her three to five year carbon tax that will morph into an emissions trading scheme.
“I think if the Prime Minister wants to make a, politically speaking, honest women of herself she needs to seek a mandate for a carbon tax,” Mr Abbott said.
If it sounds like a Tax and looks like a tax then it is a tax just disguised in another name.
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Fred Get the facts straight LNP TROLL and I will leave again all this It is not a tax the Australian taxation office do not look after It because it is a price carbon she did not Lie ETC Unlike your Disgraceful mate Abbott LOL
Julia Gillard did not lie She actually said, following her comment about there being “no carbon tax under the government she led”; that she was determined to put a price on carbon – which was to be paid by the big polluters; with lower-income earners being compensated. Different from a tax which is paid for by the majority of the working class and middle class population.
The media and the opposition only decided to pay attention to the first part of that statement; and neglected to pay attention to the rest of the statement that she made.
http://fairmediaalliance.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/there-will-be-no-carbon-tax-under-a-government-i-lead-but-lets-be-absolutely-clear-i-am-determined-to-price-carbon/
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You are making your self FRED look absolutely silly LOL
News columnist admits: it’s not a “carbon tax” at all
http://blogs.crikey.com.au/purepoison/2011/09/14/news-columnist-admits-its-not-a-carbon-tax-at-all/
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It’s not tax get facts From Julie Owens PM Thanks Stewart, you are right. the debate over the two years prior to Julia’s statement about a carbon tax was about which would be more effective, a tax (which was the Greens’ view) or a market mechanism ( which both major parties supported). She made a speech at the press club and several other statements that week committing to a price on carbon as was Labor policy, not a Tax. We introduced a market based system (not a tax).
The evidence shows Gillard’s clear commitment was to introduce an ETS based on Rudd ETS (aka CPRS) rather than a Carbon Tax It’s not a tax it’s a price on carbon Tony Abbott lied
https://sites.google.com/site/carbontaxmyths/julia-gillard
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Under Labor with Tony Windsor
The carbon price has secured Inverell’s future.
The town’s major employer, Bindaree Beef, has secured a $23 million grant to install a world-first biogas system.
The $46 million project involves installing a more energy-efficient render plant and directing all organic waste through a digester, which will produce clean energy from biogas, high-quality recycled water for irrigation and organic fertilizer for sale.
Bindaree Beef will no longer burn coal or dispose of waste in lagoons and landfill.
Electricity consumption will be slashed by up to half.
Reduced operating costs will make the abattoir much more globally competitive, boosting jobs and creating an opportunity for further expansion.
I have been working with Bindaree Beef for two years to make this happen, and I’d like to congratulate the McDonald family for having the foresight to recognize the opportunities of the carbon pricing package. They are now world leaders in meat processing.
http://www.inverelltimes.com.au/story/1613981/23-million-grant-for-world-leading-business-in-inverell/?cs=1271
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I reckon that is great and I hope it works as it is supposed to where I live we have had a system called the Bedminster system something similar to the one you are talking about put in the garbage and out comes good fertile compost of course that is when it is actually working been out of commission more than it has been working since it was built cost millions of dollars to. I hope the system you get is better than the system we have.
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It is working fine because of Labor and the Carbon price it was not tax fact it was a price on carbon and it works Fact
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Like I said I hope it works but if they have just secured the $23 million to build it how do you know it works. I hope when it is built it works I only told you of the system here which they claimed was going to do this and do that cost millions and like I said has not been working longer than it has and even when working it is not working at full capacity a lot of the time.
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Under The Labor Government in a GFC environment
We had the lowest unemployment rate in decades, and our economy was the envy of the world. The Gillard government oversaw the smallest increase in cost of living of any Australian government for at least 25 years despite the introduction of the carbon price, a new study has found.
Moreover, Australian households have seen real incomes – disposable income minus cost of living increases – rise 15 per cent since just after Labor took office, giving the average household a $5324 a year boost, or $102 a week.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/life-is-much-better-under-labor-after-all-says-study-20130830-2sw8l.html#ixzz2vzn7GJTj
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Is it a bit like a duty that we have on Tobacco, Alcohol and Petrol. Not everyone one is hit with the duty only the people who use there products but as was pointed out when the GST came in it is a Tax on a Tax.
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Another Coalition on GST LOL ‘Never, ever it’s dead GST ‘ – John Howard
Source: https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Ixn9fFatdcs
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Another Coalition lie on GST
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You are getting very close to me seeing you in court.
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Fred I will see you in court for blatantly out & out Lying and not getting the facts straight LOL
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I am only commenting on what has been written I have not slandered anyone by calling them a lair you have.
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But you are liar like Abbott and you don’t get the facts straight the truth is in your face you can’t see it LOL
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No your version of the truth is what you are putting forwarded you believe that no matter what Labor can do no wrong I believe that there are two sides to every story.
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Howard GST Lie and Iraq how many soldiers died Mr Howard Howard ignored official advice on Iraq’s weapons and chose war
http://www.smh.com.au/comment/howard-ignored-official-advice-on-iraqs-weapons-and-chose-war-20130411-2hogn.html
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I agree with you we should not have gone into Iraq he either ignored the advice or believed what the Americans and the British were saying. As I said before as far as the GST goes yes he did say the GST was dead and buried but before the election he said he was going to introduce a consumption tax so he changed his mind but he did it before going to the people.
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He still lied and he did not win out right he lucky he was not one term Howard that’s how close it was Abort will be one term though fact John Howard lies
http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/08/17/1092508474312.html
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See you are so biased that even when I agree with you you can only be negative.
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and the Rudd/Gillard government only took the election by relying on several independents after their first election win
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Gee Fred, on what charge, or what cause? How exactly is having your nose rubbed in fact in any way indictable? Unless, of course you really are Tony Baloney himself trolling. Now there’s a thought.
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Did I say any a criminal court there is such a thing as civil court.
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Hay Abbott I thought we had budget emergency we did not under Labor and you got rid of dept ceiling Abbott more lies from Abbott and co
It’s now $61.15 billion of gross borrowing by the Abbott government
The week ends with the Abbott government borrowing a further $700 million today, which brings the total of gross borrowing since 9 September 2013 to $61.15 billion.
http://thekouk.com/blog/it-s-now-61-15-billion-of-gross-borrowing-by-the-abbott-government.html#.Uy6hZYV7Qse
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I believe that if you check this is money that has to be borrowed to keep continuing paying for Labors future spending brought in before they were trashed at the last election.
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wrong LNP troll I thought we had budget emergancy
It’s now $61.15 billion of gross borrowing by the Abbott government
The week ends with the Abbott government borrowing a further $700 million today, which brings the total of gross borrowing since 9 September 2013 to $61.15 billion.
http://thekouk.com/blog/it-s-now-61-15-billion-of-gross-borrowing-by-the-abbott-government.html#.Uy6hZYV7Qse
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You are just such fun I throw out the bait and you grab it like a fish. LOL
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The Abbott Government the Worst Government in history Fact
They are racking up the worsts, this government.
Worst PM ever;
Worst FM;
Worst Immigration Minister;
Worst Eleventy Minister;
http://cafewhispers.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/worst-government-in-history/
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“We can never build a better future by doing cheap and tawdry deals with the Greens” (Tony Abbott, August 2013) then does a deal with the Green to get rid debt Ceiling
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I only posted what she said. Yes I picked that statement because of that comment you choose the parts where she said it was not a tax I chose where she said it was like a tax. So after all your huffing and puffing who is right and who is wrong.
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You are wrong again LNP TROLL get facts straight Like Abbott you do not read and I will leave you this again get the full picture and stop reading Murdock rag LNP TROLL
Julia Gillard did not lie She actually said, following her comment about there being “no carbon tax under the government she led”; that she was determined to put a price on carbon – which was to be paid by the big polluters; with lower-income earners being compensated. Different from a tax which is paid for by the majority of the working class and middle class population.
The media and the opposition only decided to pay attention to the first part of that statement; and neglected to pay attention to the rest of the statement that she made.
http://fairmediaalliance.wordpress.com/2013/04/26/there-will-be-no-carbon-tax-under-a-government-i-lead-but-lets-be-absolutely-clear-i-am-determined-to-price-carbon/
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I only posted what she said. Yes I picked that statement because of that comment you choose the parts where she said it was not a tax I chose where she said it was like a tax. So after all your huffing and puffing who is right and who is wrong.
She said it is like a tax did she say this or did’nt she. I only copied and pasted from something you put up.
Is duty a tax according to governments it is not it is a duty my opinion is that it is a tax.
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Truth Seeker points to the fact that whenever members of the coalition refer to Gillard’s famous statement before the last election about a carbon tax, they only quote half of the sentence:
“There will be no carbon tax under a government I lead,” conveniently leaving out the part after the comma, where she goes on to say “but lets be absolutely clear. I am determined to price carbon”.’
Not only the Opposition, either, but just about all of the mainstream media and Fred LOL
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It’s not tax get facts From Julie Owens PM Thanks Stewart, you are right. the debate over the two years prior to Julia’s statement about a carbon tax was about which would be more effective, a tax (which was the Greens’ view) or a market mechanism ( which both major parties supported). She made a speech at the press club and several other statements that week committing to a price on carbon as was Labor policy, not a Tax. We introduced a market based system (not a tax).
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And this LOL don’t Hyde from the facts Fred
“The decision to do something about climate change (by Ms Gillard)…was a condition of the formation of government,” said Mr Windsor.
“The Leader of the Opposition knows that very well because on a number of occasions he actually begged for the job, begged for the job. You’ve never denied it Tony, you’ve never denied it and you won’t.”
“I got the sense that during the first week of negotiations that Tony Abbott probably was more interested in another election,” said Mr Windsor then.
“I think that was being reinforced from outside. I got a number of phone calls. There was a lot of noise about.”
But today he told Parliament Mr Abbott had told him, “I will do anything, anything, to get this job.” Mr Windsor said: “They were the comments, and people know that, and they should know it, because you are an absolute disgrace in the way in which you are wandering around on this issue.
“You have exactly the same target as the emissions trading scheme pricing arrangements. You have exactly the same target in terms of the 1990 levels by 2020.
“And you have the audacity to actually say to people that you are going to achieve that target through a much more expensive arrangement than putting a price on carbon particularly given the history that you have on this issue.”
TONY Abbott two years ago begged for support to become Prime Minister, saying he would do anything except “sell my arse” to get the job, Parliament heard today.
“He begged for the job and he made the point, not only to me but to others that were in that negotiating period, that he would do anything to get that job, anything to get that job.
“And you would well remember and your colleagues should be aware, that the only codicil that you put on that (was), `I will do anything , Tony (Windsor) to get that job. The only thing I wouldn’t do is to sell my arse’.”
Tony Abbott would do anything but sell my arse Tony Windsor
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Absolutely true he did say that BUT before the election he did go to the people saying he would introduce a consumption tax.
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G’day Fred you still here did you get the fact straight Howard & Abort Lied and Abbott said no cuts health look what he has done today more broken promises the Coalition of shame Howard never ever its dead and he nearly lost that election one term Howard but it will be one term Tony Abbott the polls have been on Labor side since the election The Abbott Government the Worst Government in history
They are racking up the worsts, this government.
Worst PM ever;
Worst FM;
Worst Immigration Minister;
Worst Eleventy Minister;
http://cafewhispers.wordpress.com/2014/03/01/worst-government-in-history/
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I believe anything I say about the Libs you will deny anything they have ever done is or was good. Where as I say some of the things Labor Party did were good Hawke I voted for Keating I did not Kennett first time I voted for second time I did not so like I have said before I choose the party that will do the best or Australia. The RUDD/GILLARD/RUDD time in government was an utter and complete shambles it took us from a surplus of approximately $80 Billion to a deficit of approximately $300. Now if you had a company worth $8 Billion and six years later you are in debt to the tune of $300 Billion even you would say that the person who had the company stuffed up. I know that some people say that stopped us going into recession like a large part of the world did although I tend to think that yes it helped but we did not need to spend that much money the miners selling to China were bringing in $Billions even though the dollars was high and this was because of the mining boom and what what Gillard/Rudd did. No doubt you have a different thought
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You Are a complete and utter liar in a GFC environment We had the lowest unemployment rate in decades, and our economy was the envy of the world. The Gillard government oversaw the smallest increase in cost of living of any Australian government for at least 25 years despite the introduction of the carbon price, a new study has found.
Moreover, Australian households have seen real incomes – disposable income minus cost of living increases – rise 15 per cent since just after Labor took office, giving the average household a $5324 a year boost, or $102 a week.
http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/life-is-much-better-under-labor-after-all-says-study-20130830-2sw8l.html#ixzz2vzn7GJTj
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LEST WE FORGET – THE GREAT ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE GILLARD GOVERNMENT
In the words of Thomas Jefferson
“The Government ought to be judged by how well it meets its legitimate objectives”
On the whole the Gillard Gov achieved great things within a short period of time. A hard-working, brave, efficient Gov that deserves recognition and the gratitude of all Australians.
• NBN (the real one) – total cost $37.4b (Government contribution: $30.4b);
• BER 7,920 schools: 10,475 projects. (completed at less than 3% dissatisfaction rate);
• Gonski education funding reform;
• NDIS – DisabilityCare;
• MRRT & aligned PRRT;
• Won seat at the UN;
• Signed Kyoto;
• Signatory to Bali Process & Regional Framework;
• Eradicated WorkChoices;
• Established Fair Work Australia;
• Established Carbon Pricing/ETS (7% reduction in emissions since July last year);
• Established National Network of Reserves and Parks;
• Created world’s largest Marine Park Network;
• Introduced Reef Rescue Program;
• National Apology;
• Sorry to the Stolen Generation;
• Increased Superannuation from 9 to 12%;
• Changed 85 laws to remove discrimination against same sex couples;
• Introduced National Plan to reduce violence against women and children;
• Improvements to Sex Discrimination Act;
• Introduced plain packaging of cigarettes;
• Legislated Equal pay (social & community workers up to 45% pay increases);
• Legislated Australia’s first Paid Parental Leave scheme;
• Achieved 1:1 ratio of computers for year 9-12 students;
• Established $10b Clean Energy Bank;
• Legislated Murray/Darling Basin plan (the first in a hundred years of trying);
• Increased Education funding by 50%;
• Established direct electoral enrollment;
• Created 190,000 more University places;
• Established My School;
• Established National Curriculum;
• Established NAPLAN;
• Increased Health funding by 50%;
• Legislated Aged care package;
• Legislated Mental health package;
• Legislated Dental Care package;
• Created 90 Headspace sites;
• Created Medicare Locals Program;
• Created Aussie Jobs package;
• Created Kick-Start Initiative (apprentices);
• Funded New Car Plan (industry support);
• Created Infrastructure Australia;
• Established Nation Building Program (350 major projects);
• Doubled Federal Roads budget ($36b) (7,000kms of roads);
• Rebuilding 1/3 of interstate rail freight network;
• Committed more to urban passenger rail than any government since Federation;
• Developed National Ports Strategy;
• Developed National Land Freight Strategy;
• Created the nations first ever Aviation White Paper;
• Revitalized Australian Shipping;
• Reduced transport regulators from 23 to 3 (saving $30b over 20years);
• Introduced NICS – infrastructure schedule;
• Australia moved from 20th in 2007 to 2nd on OECD infrastructure ranking;
• International Infrastructure Minister of the Year (2012) awarded to Mr Anthony Albanese;
• International Treasurer of the Year (2011) awarded to Mr Wayne Swan;
• Introduced anti-dumping and countervailing system reforms;
• Legislated Household Assistance Package;
• Introduced School Kids Bonus;
• Increased Childcare rebate (to 50%);
• Allocated $6b to Social Housing (20,000 homes);
• Provided $5b to Support for Homelessness;
• Established National Rental Affordability Scheme ($4.5b);
• Introduced Closing the Gap;
• Supports Act of Recognition for constitutional change;
• Provided the highest pension increase in 100 years;
• Created 900,000 new jobs;
• Established National Jobs Board;
• Allocated $9b for skills and training over 5 years;
• Established Enterprise Connect (small business);
• Appointed Australia’s first Small Business Commissioner;
• Introduced immediate write-off of assets costing less than $6,500 for Small Business;
• Introduced $5,000 immediate write-off for Small Business vehicles over $6,500;
• Introduced a national levy to assist Queensland with reconstruction;
• Standardized national definition of flood for Insurance purposes;
• Created Tourism 2020;
• Completed Australia’s first feasibility study on high speed rail;
• Established ESCAS (traceability and accountability in live animal exports);
• Established Royal Commission into Institutional Sexual Abuse;
• Established National Crime Prevention Fund;
• Lowered personal income taxes (average family now pays $3,500 less pa than 2007);
• Raised the tax-free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200;
• Raised Australia to the richest per capita nation on earth;
• First time ever Australia has three triple A credit ratings from all three credit agencies;
• Low inflation;
• Lowest interest rates in 60 years (average mortgagee paying $5,000 less p.a. than 2007);
• Low unemployment;
• Lowest debt to GDP in OECD;
• Australian dollar is now fifth most traded in the world and IMF Reserve Currency;
• One of the world’s best performing economies during and since the GFC;
• Australia now highest ranked for low Sovereign Risk;
• AAA+ Credit Rating;
• Overseen the largest fiscal tightening in nations history (4.4%);
• 21 years of continuous economic growth (trend running at around 3% pa);
• 11 years of continuous wages growth exceeding CPI;
• Increasing Productivity;
• Increasing Consumer Confidence;
• Record foreign investment;
• Historic levels of Chinese/Australian bilateral relations;
• First female Prime Minister;
• First female Governor General;
• First female Attorney General;
• Introduced Small business $1m loss carryback for tax rebate from previous year;
• Legislated Australian Consumer law.
A fiscal strategy to return to budget surpluses over the economic cycle without damaging its economy with austerity measures already proven to fail. A future linked to the National Broadband Network, renewable energy, greater productivity through higher education and infrastructure investment, improved social equality, and a more prominent voice on the world stage.
All this (and more) despite a hung Parliament, a recalcitrant press, and the most negative and asinine Opposition since Federation.
In my view this was one of the finest Parliamentary periods in our history. Revisiting these stellar achievements helps bring into sharp relief the abject failures of the current Abbott Government.
Well done, and thank you to the former Gillard Government!
[With thanks to Lavinia Projustice and Kaye Lee for this comprehensive list of achievements by a stellar Government]
Judging Gillard and the Labor Government The Labor Achievement
http://theaimn.com/2013/05/28/judging-gillard-and-the-labor-government/
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Great list, McWilliams Stewart!! We need to get the truth out there.
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Yep a stellar Government that sent our debt to the stars you yes you and I are paying off this approximately $300 Billion debt your kids will be paying of this debt for years to come and so will mine and every other Australian the interest alone is Millions of $ a year.Let me ask you should we just forget about the debt run up by your so called stellar and not even pay of the interest so in years to come we will end up like Zimbabwe. Everything that Abbott and his government try to do at this time is held up either by the raising debt and or the senate where Labor with the help of the greens is blocking everything.
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$300 Billion debt from almost $1.6 GDP. You do the maths. You borrow to create a future. Or do you live in a squat and not have a mortage?
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You seem to have forgotten that the Flat Earth Society (COALition members & supporters) live in caves since they are merely Neanderthals.
Hence they don’t need or believe in borrowing for the future and don’t have mortgages, their homes being holes in the earth, which might be why they are so fond of digging more perhaps?
They don’t believe in the future and do all they can to ensure we won’t have one, they live in the past.
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Great list thanks.
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Wow, thanks for that list it’s easy to forget what the previous Labor Governments did amid the din of the liberal opposition. Probably the greatest for Australia’s soul being Sorry to the Stolen Generation. The current government is still going on about the previous government and talking down the economy, very unAustralian not team players at all especially when overseas.
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Agree totally. Gillard did a wonderful job, despite being constantly attacked and blocked by a very negative, backward thinking opposition.
Sadly they are now our very negative and backwards thinking government.
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Fred, we do not measure “success” in terms of surplus only. The Rudd/Gillard Government coped with the GFC very successfully. This required a depletion of surplus.
There were a number of successes AND failures by the previous Labor Govt. But currently the exiting LNP has failed to provide one (1) lasting policy that is of benefit to ordinary Australians.
To date, all actions are designed to benefit only the wealthy and large corporations. This is NOT the sign of a successful government.
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Fred your comment only reflects what the murdoch media and shrieking shock jocks tell you. Please understand it is in their financial interest to do so. Please research your facts from independent sources and consider such things as the great boom time during the Howard regime where 300 bn was wasted on nothing. This has been internationally noted (by the IMF) as being part of the 3 occasions in Australian history of needless wasteful spending. Under Howard prior to the ’04 and ’07 elections and once under Menzies. Imagine if this money was in the bank for the GFC or it was spent by Howard on infrastructure.
The necessary deficit left by Labor was miniscule in international terms. Also you may wish to continue your unbiased international comparison by noting that in the last 6 months, Australia’s budget has disintegrated at a faster rate than the top 29 leading economies.
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So of all the election promises he made, what hasn’t he broken yet (that he still can)? I remember the whole “we will repeal the carbon tax within the first 100 days”, but he kinda gave that a shot, so it’s not really a broken promise. But what is there left?
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See the list of the broken promises, fully referenced, at the end
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Another broken promise today from the biggest liar out Tony Abbott.
”I want to give people this absolute assurance: no cuts to education, no cuts to health, no changes to pensions
http://www.canberratimes.com.au/act-news/tony-abbott-breaks-pension-pledge-on-disability-support-pension-20131225-2zwny.html#ixzz2oWwpGahU
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He hasnt done that yet. Like many things, he want to do it but knows the reality of the current Senate. It will go on the list if he manages to get it through
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Mr Abbott’s “No Cuts” Election Commitment and look what liar said Today on health more broken promises
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It back page reinstated Good a broken promise
PM Tony Abbott rules out reinstating Knights and Dames in Oz
http://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/nsw/pm-tony-abbott-rules-out-reinstating-knights-and-dames-in-oz/story-fni0cx12-1226788026229
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Actually, I doubt Fred is by strict definition a liar. I read recently a fascinating piece of psychological research that found, counter intuitively, that when people with a “faith based” belief were presented with factual evidence that disproved the belief, it actually reinforced it, rather than causing the person holding it to reconsider.
So, Fred may be an irrational true believer, deluded at a deep level, mentally incapable of distinguishing wheat from chaff, but not really a liar.
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I see JDC you have some of the same medals as I have. I am not irrational, or deluded or mentally incapable of distinguishing wheat from the chaff but I am crazy and do have papers to prove it and I am fighting a system that is set up to disallow service men and ex service men a fair hearing. I see you have the Vietnam Service Medal but looking at the colors of the ribbon it is not the active service medal is it please correct me if I am wrong. How can you as an ex service man support a party that the waterside workers union refused to load ships with needed supplies for the the troops and these ships had to be taken over by the navy so the diggers fighting in Vietnam could receive ammunition, food, etc. The posties refused to handle mail for the troops and Left wing Union students sent parcels to the North Vietnamese and there was Hanoi Jane standing behind anti aircraft guns next to the North Vietnamese soldiers. If you think this sort of thing was okay then I believe a great deal of you fellow Vietnam Veterans would be disgusted with you.
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First, you are correct, it is Navy, not Army (active service.) I was frankly disgusted with our involvement in a war in which we had no business being involved. I was however a career serviceman at the time, so I did as I was told to the best of my ability.
Did I support the action of the wharf unions, no, and I had personal involvement with the “Jeparrit.” There was a lot of the wrong thing for the right reason going on. Did that mean that I would have supported Holt, no. You can find a of atrocious action on the part of the then government that had real effect on the ground.
You may be surprised by how many people who were there knew exactly the moral bankruptcy of the war but behaved in the best traditions of the armed services.
None of which really has to do any more with Abbott’s government. I did not use my ribbons to start a Vietnam discussion, but as a simple identifier of age and background.
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That war was another war started under false pretences by the U.S, just like Iraq. That is the disgusting thing about it. We shouldn’t have been there fighting for the world’s evil empire and we haven’t learned a thing.
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So perhaps Abbott is also merely delusional then? I wonder about that.
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No, read the stuff from his uni days. He is simply a common or garden nasty piece of work, a bodgie (to use the vernacular of his and my youth,) from money and privilege.
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Good point! I’d have to agree.
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[…] Sally McManus’ list and […]
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Sally McManus, love what you are doing here. I am keeping an “Abbott’s Shame” file myself, currently up to Shame No 468 and counting. The felonies and misdemeanours of this Government are racking up by the day, but it is great to have this resource to keep the long list of disgraces of this corrupt, unconscionable Government in the forefront of our consciousness. Well done, Sally McManus.
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Thanks! Whats the link to your list?
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Hi Sally, I like your list, great work!
I think you missed something, Abbott cut lower income super contributions, even though I remember he said he would touch it for one year
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2013-11-07/super/5075894
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I can’t find a reference now but I think his words were to the effect of “No unexpected changes to super in my first term”
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Sorry I made a mistake, in my first post I meant thought he siad he would NOT touch super for one year…
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i’m pretty tired and making lots of mistakes, if you don’t add my posts I’ll understand, but here’s another one i think you missed…
Click to access 140302_Reef%20dredging%20approvals%20FOI_MEDIA%20BACKGROUNDER_FINAL.pdf
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This is definitely in the list!
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He hasn’t don’t this yet Pete as he hasn’t got it through the Senate
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you are an ugly dyke dressed in mens clothes who wants to flood Australia with illegal sandnigger Muslims to bludge off us I hope you get raped by a gang of lebs actualy after that you might like black dick
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Hi Denis Mulheron – nice to meet you. You clearly have some serious issues. I’m sorry you are so threatened by other people real and imaginary. This level of anger is not healthy and you have a track record. Please get help. http://www.3aw.com.au/blogs/3aw-generic-blog/denis-mulherons-bizarre-radio-rant/20100811-11yy2.html
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Nobody should take this guy seriously. Just an angry old man holding onto opinions that few care about. At best we should feel sorry for him as we will all live happier and probably longer lives than him & his opinions. Yay!
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Thanks for that Denis I have been trying to say for some time that it is mainly the Labor supporters who rant and rave and swear when they reply to questions well you have well and truly knocked that on the head. Who cares what sally is or isn’t that has nothing to do with any of these posts she is first of all a human being that is unless she has landed from another planet but I doubt that. Do I like her politics to a large extent no i do not but I would never post anything like you just posted if you are a LNP supporter you are a disgrace to that party although maybe you are far more to the right then your intelligence of belonging to that mob shows up in your post.
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LOL! This guy is clearly a made up loony for entertainment purposes! One of the funniest comments I’ve seen here. For balance, what we need now is Lenin posting a reply 🙂
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Good Day Tony Abbott? Why are you using this alias?
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Felonies and misdemeanors?!!!!!!!!!!!!
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[…] TRACKING ABBOTT’S WRECKAGE | Unions. Politics. And stuff.. […]
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A $100 million salvage package for redundant car industry workers is underfunded and in disarray, more than a month after Prime Minister Tony Abbott promised to announce the details of an assistance program.
In mid-December, Mr Abbott promised to create a ”$100 million growth fund” to help manufacturing in South Australia and Victoria, and also announced a pair of reviews chaired by Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane to determine how to allocate the money.
But more than a month after a self-imposed March deadline, the reviews have not yet been discussed at cabinet level and will not be until the next scheduled cabinet meeting on April 14 at the earliest.
Just $72 million of the promised $100 million has actually been raised by the federal government.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/car-industrys-100m-rescue-fund-stalls-20140401-35wgy.html#ixzz2xfj6uMUH
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[…] booth door. One of the Liberal volunteers got a little hysterical when I wouldn’t back away from quoting facts about Mr Abbott’s record compared to the “BISONS” that the previous government achieved. […]
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On the second election day for WA I had to cut down 2 giant ‘vote 1 liberal’ signs blocking the bike racks at the place the election was held.There was so much liberal advertising!
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[…] and the powerful more powerful. For examples, see my summary of Abbott’s first seven months, and Sally McManus’s popular list of “Abbott’s wreckage”. It is now obvious Abbott intends to transform the once-egalitarian Australia into a world of […]
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“128. Forbids public servants from making political comments online, even anonymously, and instructs them to report on colleagues who do” – 6 April 2014
Maybe 129. will read something like:
“129. Forbids every citizen from making political comments about the government online, even anonymously, and instructs them to report on colleagues and neighbours who do” – 20 April 1889
In short: we are witnessing Australian Fascism Lite in the making.
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please make it easy to share your site on Facebook
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Here you go https://www.facebook.com/tracking.abbotts.wreckage
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[…] The coming of the Australian Rabbott government has devastating effects on all manner of social and environmental policies and initiatives. If you doubt this — then check this list of devastations — and its growing daily — click here. […]
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Why is anybody surprised by this party who clearly are a product of a long bygone era but would love a return of the “droit de seigneur” ruling class society-we say it, you do it mentality. Well Tony, unless you can completely trash it, this is a democracy and we will vote again and we will remember this not yet finished list of atrocities inflicted on the most vulnerable of our society.
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Well put, Dale!
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This, I think, coupled with “ozzaid”‘s comment below is the most egregious quality of the individuals who make up this government.
There is a sub text in everything they do along the lines of “We are the born to rule successors of Robt. Gordon Menzies, whose name be praised, and how dare those stubby fingered and unwashed peasants elect any one other than us.”
Differences in policy are subjects for legitimate debate in a democracy, but a sense of almost feudal ownership of power, which is what we are seeing, is not a legitimate claim to authority, and has not been so since the beheading of King Charles I.
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I my self would like to point out the comments from the unelected Foreign Minister I am above every one else in Australia Bob CARR business class is not good enough for him he is like a lot of Labor politicians no I will say a lot of all Politicians who think they are above every one else and should be treated differently. Stupid CARR put it all in writing and is I am glad to say a labor party politician or was even though he was never elected to Federal Parliament. I now await the clamor from the leftists of how good he was and deserved the treatment that he requested.
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He promised to go a double dissolution and hold a new election within 6 months, if the repeal of the carbon tax wasn’t passed through the Senate.
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Now is the following down to Abbott – or the NSW Govt?
“Huge swathes of public land surrounding Santos coal seam gas drilling activities in the Pilliga forest of North West NSW have been closed to the public by police in what is suspected to be a bid to keep the watchful eyes of the public and media out of Santos’ way, protesters says.
Pilliga East State forest and Bibblewindi State Forest were declared closed yesterday afternoon, with police telling community members that all visitors to the usually public areas must move on by 9am this morning, or risk $2200 fines.”
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Here’s another one for the list: First Solar reconsidering their future in Aus due to uncertainty around the RET.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2014-04-08/solar-company-reconsiders-investment-in-australia/5373664
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One worth mentioning I think:
The Abbott government is not planning to release the interim report of its inquiry into the death of one asylum seeker and injuries to more than 60 others on Manus Island in February.
And the suspicious rejection by the AFP of the invitation by PNG to assist with the investigation.
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allows Child Support Agency to enact a pocily that denies agrieved persons te right to legal aid representation …. Child support can defaud and steal and lie and no one can do anyting about it now that legal representation is disallowed in cases of objection
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Can you provide a link?
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