THE Liberal Party has spent 66 years developing its brand as the party of enterprise and low taxes. It took Tony Abbott just 98 days to inflict serious damage to the brand.
One measure of the depth of the betrayal is in the reactions - business has rejected the plan but the Greens love it: ''Go Tony!'' Bob Brown said yesterday.
via www.smh.com.au
Alan Kohler is just as unimpressed:
Tony Abbott’s parental leave policy is a dismal confirmation that there is no-one sensible in the coalition’s leadership group.
Abbott, Leader; Joe Hockey, Shadow Treasurer; Barnaby Joyce, Shadow Finance Minister; Julie Bishop, Deputy Leader. All dills.
The policy is a disaster because it shows that the Coalition has abandoned its basic free-market philosophy and careful policy approach in favour of populism and guesswork. It unfortunately appears to be becoming unelectable.
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