unloseable election haunts tony abbott.

What if all the Polls were wrong, and when it actually came to voting, Aussies said to themselves, Tony Abbott the compulsive liar ? what was I thinking.

Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/federal-politics/federal-election-2013/unloseable-election-haunts-tony-abbott-coalition-20130906-2t9bh.html#ixzz2e5qqAIQu

Unloseable election haunts Tony Abbott, Coalition.


With just one sleep to go, Tony Abbott is staring at almost certain victory in the polls - but if he and his colleagues are unwilling to bear the winner's grin just yet, it is likely due to the horror memories of a poll two decades past.

For Abbott and members of the Liberal Party, echoes of the 1993 shock electoral defeat still resonate, long and loud.


Twenty years on from the the ballot now known in Australian political folklore as the "unloseable election"- a poll the Coalition would, in fact, lose - John Hewson pinpoints the moment he believes positivity in Australian politics died.

Twenty years on from the the ballot now known in Australian political folklore as the "unloseable election"- a poll the Coalition would, in fact, lose - John Hewson pinpoints the moment he believes positivity in Australian politics died.