But for the long-suffering backbenchers, it was too little and too late. Scott Morrison, through a mixture of bribery and extortion, got through his temporary protection visas and, incidentally, was allowed to tear up the United Nations Convention on Refugees and the rule of international law in the process. The dying days had finally produced what the commentators called a win. There had been quite enough gloating already. And when it was, it wasn't going to be when Parliament was sitting. If the crossbenchers did not scuttle it, some of Abbott's own Government senators were willing and eager to do the job for them.īut this has been the case for months, years even so why the procrastination? Well, just the Prime Minister's stubbornness: it was his baby and he was determined to protect it no matter what - or at least until it was dragged from his grasp.
Of course, it was a no-brainer: the scheme was clearly unaffordable, widely derided and had no chance of passing though the Parliament. As always there was no real explanation or detail, and certainly no mea culpa.īut it appears that one barnacle has been scraped off, and that's a start. At least that's what we think has happened. Well, not quite backflipped: let's say downsized, recalibrated, or, as he himself might say, tweaked. After Tony Abbott's year of achievement, there was just one shred of comfort: the beloved leader had finally backflipped on his paid parental leave scheme.
With dire polls, budget doldrums and rumblings of leadership tension, Tony Abbott's 'year of achievement' has left the Coalition troops battered and bewildered, writes Mungo MacCallum.īattered, bewildered and haggard, the Coalition troops staggered back to their electorates.
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