Tony Abbott's political deficiencies go on spectacular display

By Jack Waterford
Updated April 23 2018 - 8:32pm, first published January 27 2015 - 7:17pm

Tony Abbott's most serious political handicap has proven not to be his essential philosophy, which most Australians do not share but which maintain's his party's support, but his judgment. He's not good at picking good people. He has reasonable political instincts, from where he stands, but he is all too often so impetuous, impatient and disinclined to talk ideas through with cooler heads before launching them that he fails too see the obvious pitfalls.

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