I think I begin to understand your obvious confusion...
"I readily admit to being concerned about what has happened to vision, values, strategic planning and policy development under Tony Abbott's leadership though."
Tony Abbott is a happly married man, Rhodes scholar and succesful leader of the liberal party... The liberal party is in opposition and do not have to develop and present "vision, values, strategic planning and policy development" until an election and then only present what they decide to...
The failed Gillard, apparently subject of numerous ongoing investigations and topic of much discussion is unfortunately the leader of the labor/union-boss/green socialist alliance and even more unfortunately and embarrassingly for all thinking Australians, our PM...
It is Gillard's specific responsibility to develop and present "vision, values, strategic planning and policy development" which she and her fellow socialists have catastrophically failed at...
You seem to have a confusion and be mixed up about exactly which one is Tony Abbott and which one is Gillard...
To help you sort out which one is Tony Abbott and which one is Gillard, an obvious source of your confusion... Try to remember that Tony Abbott is a dark haired man, and Gillard is a flaming-bright-fire-engine-red-haired woman...
