double-dealing reveals abbott's failings, page-2

Thanks fatsoh,

"Journalists were told repeatedly, that the opposition would decide on the reforms only once it had seen the legislation. Two inferences were clear. One, that any agreement was somehow conditional or contingent, and two, that the opposition was uninvolved in the minutiae to that point.

What we now know, is that the near-complete draft legislation, which reflected fully the discussions of Mr Abbott's own negotiators, federal director Brian Loughnane, and frontbencher, Bronwyn Bishop, had been provided in mid-May. A final version was provided to the opposition last Friday.

And it was that day, to wit last week, that Mr Abbott wrote back to Attorney-General Mark Dreyfus, advising: ''I am satisfied with the agreement reached and indicate the Coalition's intention to support the legislation and to deal with it, as requested, before the end of sittings.''

Several senior opposition frontbenchers were also copied-in to Mr Abbott's personally signed letter.

This whole affair has shown politics at its worst.

A secret deal between sworn enemies, bound together by financial self interest, is a woeful look.

The fact that the alternative prime minister openly pretended to be uninvolved, and then simply reneged on a signed agreement, raises genuine questions of trust and reliability."

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/opinion/politics/doubledealing-reveals-abbotts-failings-20130530-2ndhc.html#ixzz2UojSMj9F

Of course the lunatic liberals supporters will tell you,it was all an elaborate plot to suck gillard in,pathetic.

Raider