Tony Abbot is a dumbass.

"In his 2009 book, Battlelines, Abbott proposed that consideration should be given to a return to an optional at-fault divorce agreement between couples who would like it, similar to the Matrimonial Causes Act, which would require spouses to prove offences like adultery, habitual drunkenness, cruelty, desertion, or a 5 year separation before a divorce would be granted."

"At an October 2009 meeting in the Victorian town of Beaufort, Abbott was reported to have said: "The argument (on climate change) is absolute crap... However, the politics of this are tough for us. 80% of people believe climate change is a real and present danger". On 1 December 2009, when questioned about that statement, he said he had used "a bit of hyperbole" at that meeting rather than it being his "considered position".

"Asked to clarify his views on homosexuality he said: "There is no doubt that challenges, if you like, orthodox notions of the right order of things," he said last night.
He was expanding on comments he made on 60 Minutes on Sunday night, in which he said: "I probably feel a bit threatened (by homosexuality), as so many people do."



As for this particular debacle, I was indifferent but after some discussion have decided the original statement was pretty piss poor. Imagine someone vying to be your manager saying that about a death in your workplace.
I don't believe that he doesn't support Australian soldiers killing brown people.
Now instead of apologising for an insensitive comment, he pulls out a strawman and performs the Abbot Wobble™.

In Australia, not only are the seasons backward, but the Liberals are the insensitive dolts! What a weird place.

Thanks for that.

Stanley, they were discussing the death of an Australian soldier when he said "sometimes shit happens". Obviously not as bad as his response to the journalist though. And yeah, he's basically known as a dumb ass.

I'm partial to the head bobbing he does as he stares.

Second.