In the latest issue of Spectator Australia, the leading article lambasts the Australian Liberal Party for trying to remove Prime Minister Tony Abbott:
The determination by many in the media, even among conservatives, to hasten the demise of Tony Abbott’s prime ministership is as pointless as it is reckless. Pointless not because they will or they won’t succeed, but pointless because such an outcome would merely herald the beginning, rather than the end, of a long period of Coalition instability and in-fighting.
Make no mistake: it is not Tony Abbott the man who is deeply unpopular (although his poll figures are, at present, nothing to write home about). It is the measures he is somewhat clumsily attempting to implement that are at the root of the hatred towards him. A spoilt and pampered electorate see no reason why they should give up any of the perks a host of politicians from both sides have glad-handed them over the years.
Yet one way or another these or other painful measures must be taken in the near future if Australia is to avoid careering down the well-trodden euro-path of ever-decreasing living standards, high unemployment, declining manufacturing and crippling state debt.
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