Leadership is back in danger, page-240

Dave R, Tony Abbott's entire re-election strategy was based on "Australia is open for business" [ie. tax avoidance, lax regulation with knee-capped ASIC and ATO, war against workers etc]. It was premised on global economic recovery.

Sadly for Abbott, IMO the 'Team Australia' company chiefs he ferried to Asia on that taxpayer funded self-promotional junket have only looked for ever-more handouts and even looser regulation - something Australia is increasingly being lambasted for overseas.

IMO they fell at the first hurdle and are lying prostrate with their hands out to over-burdened taxpayers, even demanding a 50% GST increase targeting the poor.

Abbott is therefore two years up Economic Creek with economic woes he promised would never happen on his watch more evident with every passing day. Having promised to tackle debt and deficit, IMO he's committed Australia to another costly and counter-productive war that could yet morph into something even uglier. He's forward-committed an additional $101 Billion for extra submarines, extra warships and extra F35s despite the massive impact on debt and deficit.

Even worse, IMO Abbott's kicked productive Australia fair and square in the guts [the emerging new renewable energy sector, education, science, medicine, core infrastructure including rail and the NBN]. With the impact of the loss of the auto sector and the war against maritime workers and ship-building still to play out, 2016-2017 is looking pretty ordinary at best.