Before condemning Virginia Trioli you should at least engage with the facts:
. Tony Abbott was in our faces every day for four long years spewing gross exaggerations that he this morning labelled 'opposition theatre' at the former government and demanding we now have calm because he's in power.
. Abbott is resuscitating John Howard's 'welfare for the wealthy' taxation regime.
. Tony Abbott has indicated that overseas aid will be cut from $9.5b to just $5b on his watch!
. After cutting overseas aide Abbott went on television to call on highly indebted mainstream Australians to give generously to help with disaster relief.
. Abbott has made an artform and built his career on demonising desperate and vulnerable asylum seekers, even slashing our refugee intake after claiming support for it prior to the election.
. And on and on ...
Only journalists invited to free drinks and dinner at Kirribilli House at taxpayer expense are likely to ignore facts such as those. Those at The ABC cannot however ignore such facts!
