TONY Abbott today accused Labor of giving voters a two-fingered salute to voters and disregarding their wishes as he ramped up pressure to get his legislation through Parliament.
And he indicated the Government would change Australia's position on refugee conventions overseen by the United Nations.
The Prime Minister said there would be changes announced in the weeks ahead but declined to detail them. Mr Abbott said the Opposition was telling voters: "No matter what you voted for we are against it. No matter what you want, we are against it."
He told reporters: "The Labor Party is basically giving... two fingers to the people of Australia."
Mr Abbott repeated a warning he gave his own MPs earlier that the Senate would sit until Christmas if that's what it took to pass his legislation on Temporary Protection Visas, repeal carbon pricing and the mining tax, and to increase the debt ceiling.
"The public voted for a change of government. The public voted for a change of policy. The public expects those policies to be put in place," said Mr Abbott.
