The devastating atrocity that is Tony Abbott, Prime Minister of Australia

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  1. #1 Hammerfell, Apr 7, 2014
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    I am a very proud person, I am proud to be Australian, I'm (was) proud of Australia, and I love my country more than any other in the world! And I travel quite a lot.


    But believe me when I say, never have I been so ashamed in my life, we have a racist, misogynist, and spiteful man leading our country, now I'm not saying that Labor is any better, they were a bunch of backstabbing, unorganized muck ups, but they were far better than this bunch of Conservative's who dare to call themselves "liberal" there's nothing liberal about them.
    So here is a list, a big list of all the fuckups we have had thanks to the big man, from taking legal gay marriage to the high court the day after it's legalized, to allowing coal tycoons to dumb sledge in the Great barrier reef, here they all are.


    Thanks to sallymcmanus.net for the list.

    Keep in mind, this wackjob has only been in power since 7 September 2013.

     
    128. Forbids public servants from making political comments online, even anonymously, and instructs them to report on colleagues who do – 6 April 2014
    127. 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
    126. Imposes fees and charges on people who become bankrupt – 1 April 2014 
    125. Axes free legal assistance for asylum seekers – 31 March 2014
    124. Defunds 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
    123. Opposes a UN resolution to conduct war crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka – 28 March 2014
    122. Closes all Medicare offices on Saturdays – 26 March 2014
    121. Brings back the awards of knights and dames which were abolished in 1986 – 25 March 2014
    120. Cuts 400 jobs from the industry department – 25 March 2014
    119. 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
    118. Abolishes one third of the jobs in Treasury costing approximately 300 jobs – 21 March 2014
    117. Cuts welfare payments to orphans of soldiers –  16 March 2014
    116. Moves to deny funding to artists or events that refuse corporate sponsorship for ethical reasons – 15 March 2014
    115. Cuts hundreds of jobs at the CSIRO – 14 March 2014
    114. Reopens 457 visa loophole to allow employers to hire an unlimited number of workers without scrutiny – 12 March 2014
    113. Overturns a ban on cattle grazing in the Victorian Alpine National Park – 6 March 2014
    112. Frustrated and defeated an attempt at the UN to highlight the humanitarian consequences of nuclear war – 5 March 2014
    111. Axes funding earmarked to save the Sumatran rhinoceros from extinction – 28 February 2014
    110. 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  
    109. 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
    108. 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
    107. Scraps food grants program for small farmers – 21 February 2014
    106. Pressured SPC Ardmona to cut the pay and conditions for workers in return for Government money – 20 February 2014
    105. 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
    104. 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
    103. 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  â€“ 18 February 2014
    102. 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
    101. Appoints a climate change sceptic to head a review of our renewable energy target – 17 February 2014 
    100. 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
    99. Breaks a promise to provide fibre-to-the-premises for all Tasmanians for the National Broadband Network – 13 February 2014
    98. Unemployment rate jumps to highest in more than 10 years – 13 February 2014
    97. 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
    96. 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 
    95. 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
    94. Launches a Royal Commission into unions – 10 February 2014
    93. 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
    92. 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
    91. 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
    90. Launches an “efficiency study” into ABC and the SBS - 30 January 2014
    89. Cuts the wages of Australian troops deployed overseas by almost $20 000 per solider – 29 January 2014
    88. Intervenes on the side of Toyota to support cutting Australian workers wages and conditions – 28 January 2014
    87. Privatises the 104 year old Australian Valuation Office costing nearly 200 jobs – 24 January 2014
    86. Seeks to wind back the World Heritage listing of Tasmania's forests – 23 January 2014
    85. Withdraws funding for an early intervention program to help vulnerable young people – 22 January 2014
    84. Exempts Western Australia from national environment laws to facilitate shark culling – 21 January 2014
    83. 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 â€“ 18 January 2014
    82. Violates Indonesia's territorial sovereignty while turning back asylum seeker boats – 17 January 2014
    81. 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.
    80. Directs that people already found to be refugees who arrived by boat be given the lowest priority for family reunion - 8 January 2014
    79. 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
    78. 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
    77. Drastically reduces tax breaks for small business and fails to publicise it - 1 January 2014
    76. 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 
    75. Approves private health fund premium increases of an average 6.2% a year – 23 December 2013
    74. Breaks his promise to provide the promised customs vessel to monitor whaling operations in the Southern Ocean – 23 December 2013 
    73. Requests the delisting of World Heritage status for Tasmanian forests – 21 December 2013 
    72. Breaks a promise to make no cuts to health by cutting $150 million from hospital and health services – 17 December 2013.
    71. Scraps the Home Energy Saver Scheme which helps struggling low income households cut their electricity bills - 17 December 2013
    70. 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
    69. Defunds the Environmental Defenders Office which is a network of community legal centres providing free advice on environmental law - 17 December 2013
    68. Axes funding for animal welfare - 17 December 2013
    67. Breaks his election promise of no cuts to education by cutting funding for trade training centres in schools – 17 December 2013
    66. Abolishes the AusAID graduate program costing 38 jobs - 17 December 2013
    65. Cuts Indigenous legal services by $13.4 million. This includes $3.5 million from front line domestic violence support services, defunding the National legal service and abolishing all policy and law reform positions across the country   - 17 December 2013
    64. Abolishes the position of co-ordinator-general for remote indigenous services - 17 December 2013
    63. 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 
    62. Abolishes the National Office for Live Music along with the live music ambassadors - 17 December 2013
    61. Cuts $2.5 million from community radio – 17 December 2013 
    60. Weakens the ministerial code of conduct to let ministers keep shares in companies - 16 December 2013
    59. Disbands the independent Immigration Health Advisory Group for asylum seekers – 16 December 2013 
    58. 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
    57. Axes $4.5 million from charities and community groups for the Building Multicultural Communities Program – 13 December 2013
    56. Starts dismantling Australia's world leading marine protection system - 13 December 2013 
    55. Scraps the COAG Standing Council on Environment and Water – 13 December 2013 
    54. Breaks his NBN election promise of giving all Australians access to 25 megabits per second download speeds by 2016 – 12 December 2013  
    53. Overturns the “critically endangered” listing of the Murray Darling Basin - 11 December 2013
    52. Dares Holden to leave Australia. Holden responds by announcing its closure which costs Australians tens of thousands of jobs â€“ 11 December 2013 
    51. Approves Clive Palmer's mega coal mine in the Galilee Basin which opponents say will severely damage Great Barrier Reef - 11 December 2013
    50. Demands that the few childcare workers who got pay rises “hand them back” – 10 December 2013 
    49. Approves the largest coal port in the world in the Great Barrier Reef World Heritage Area – 10 December 2013  
    48. Removes the community's right to challenge decisions where the government has ignored expert advice on threatened species impacts – 9 December 2013 
    47. Downgrades national environment laws by giving approval powers to state premiers – 9 December 2013  
    46. Undermines Australia's democracy by signing a free trade agreement with South Korea allowing corporations to sue the Australian Government – 6 December 2013 
    45. Damages our diplomatic relationship with our nearest neighbour East Timor â€“ 5 December 2013 
    44. Repeals the pokie reform legislation which was designed to combat problem gambling – 4 December 2013 
    43. Suspends the Wage Connect program, despite it being proven to deliver good outcomes for unemployed people – 3 December 2013 
    42. 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  
    41. Breaks his promise to support Gonski and back flips three times – 25 November 2013  
    40. Shifts Australia's position at the UN on Israeli settlements - 25 November 2013
    39. 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 
    38. Converts crucial Start-Up Scholarships into loans, increasing the debt of 80,000 higher education students by $1.2 billion – 21 November 2013 
    37. Gifts two navy patrol boats to the Sri Lankan government to stop asylum seekers fleeing the Sri Lankan government - 17 November 2013
    36. 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 
    35. Condones torture by foreign governments by saying “sometimes in difficult circumstances, difficult things happen” – 14 November 2013 
    34. Hides information from the Parliament and the people about the government's treatment of asylum seekers – 13 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”  â€“ 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 
     

     
  2. Am I right in thinking he's trying to ban protests? I thought Camoron was bad.....
     
  3. @[member="Captain VXR"]
    Not sure if him specifically, but his government sure is,


    What's even worse his the QLD premier, arresting people if they are in public in groups of 3 or more if they ride bikes in a club.


    People have been getting arrested, innocent people, who have family members who ride bikes, are getting thrown in solitary confinement without bail nor trial, but it's all been kept under raps as far as mainstream media is concerned. Makes you wonder what that 900 million dollar check to Rupert Murdoch was for, not like he owns 75% of Australia media or anything, he's not even an Australian citizen!
     
  4. Cameron, Abbot, Harper, or Obama, they're all cunts.
     
  5. Harper is out of control. All there is is corruption and real scandals.
     
  6. #6 SmokinP, Apr 7, 2014
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    They are also all best friends with Israel.

    Just saying...:ph34r:

    Sent from the back of a fat donkey....
     
  7. Sorry to hear about what's happening down under OP. Most of my family on my Dad's side is from Australia. My dad grew up their and graduated from St Josephs before coming to the states. Australia is like a second home to me, and this is making me worried about what I should expect when I come back for a family visit.  
     
  8. They're giving the police powers to preemptively arrest protesters.
     
  9. Don't forget to add yourself to that list, if u are into equivocation, if u believe Obama has been fucking people over like Abbot has been fuking u Aussies ;)

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  10. #10 SmokinP, Apr 8, 2014
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    Chill chilli...



    Sent from the back of a fat donkey....
     
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    Well I ain't planning to inject any money into the Australian economy any time soon so fuck Abbot (and fuck Vegemite, Marmite is the dank).
     
  12. Have youi guys heard about the TPP?

    That's so fucked.

    ESPECIALLY THE SECTION ON INTERNET.

    No fucking asshat is cencoring my internet.
     

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