20-04-2017, 05:41 PM
LOL no wuggerz! Just some stuffin' around 
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This one's a doozy > Leak of polling results from Tony Abbott's seat is 'corrosive of trust', former PM says
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has blasted "sneaky, underhanded" Liberal Party leaks after dire election campaign polling was revealed.
The Australian Financial Review reported this morning Malcolm Turnbull personally had bombarded Mr Abbott's electorate of Warringah with automated phone calls and letters in the days before last year's poll.
The last-minute push came after internal polling suggested Mr Abbott could lose his blue-ribbon seat to former Australian Idol host James Mathison or Labor.
Speaking outside his Sydney home, Mr Abbott denounced the leak and said only Mr Turnbull, former party director Tony Nutt and himself had the sensitive material.
"The sneaky, underhand business of leaking needs to stop, it really does need to stop," he told Channel Nine.
"It is absolutely corrosive of trust. "The polling in question was very, very closely held.
"And I'm just very disappointed that someone has chosen to put it out there for self-serving reasons."
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The Liberal Party polled 400 people in the northern beaches electorate 10 days from July 2.
The polling showed 44 per cent of people said they would vote Liberal.
But that number plunged to 34 per cent when people were asked if they would vote for Mr Abbott.
The worst-case scenario showed the ALP claiming victory 57-43 on a two-party preferred basis after preferences from Mr Mathison were distributed.
"It goes without saying that the seat needs some resourcing in the final week," the polling concluded.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-20/to...ah/8458024
Am I the only one here thinking that some of that $1.75m donated by Mr Turnbull was so Mr Abbott could keep his seat???
I reckon they would've been better off if Abbott had lost his seat to be honest.
Right now he's their number one liability!
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This one's a doozy > Leak of polling results from Tony Abbott's seat is 'corrosive of trust', former PM says
Former prime minister Tony Abbott has blasted "sneaky, underhanded" Liberal Party leaks after dire election campaign polling was revealed.
The Australian Financial Review reported this morning Malcolm Turnbull personally had bombarded Mr Abbott's electorate of Warringah with automated phone calls and letters in the days before last year's poll.
The last-minute push came after internal polling suggested Mr Abbott could lose his blue-ribbon seat to former Australian Idol host James Mathison or Labor.
Speaking outside his Sydney home, Mr Abbott denounced the leak and said only Mr Turnbull, former party director Tony Nutt and himself had the sensitive material.
"The sneaky, underhand business of leaking needs to stop, it really does need to stop," he told Channel Nine.
"It is absolutely corrosive of trust. "The polling in question was very, very closely held.
"And I'm just very disappointed that someone has chosen to put it out there for self-serving reasons."
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The Liberal Party polled 400 people in the northern beaches electorate 10 days from July 2.
The polling showed 44 per cent of people said they would vote Liberal.
But that number plunged to 34 per cent when people were asked if they would vote for Mr Abbott.
The worst-case scenario showed the ALP claiming victory 57-43 on a two-party preferred basis after preferences from Mr Mathison were distributed.
"It goes without saying that the seat needs some resourcing in the final week," the polling concluded.
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2017-04-20/to...ah/8458024
Am I the only one here thinking that some of that $1.75m donated by Mr Turnbull was so Mr Abbott could keep his seat???
I reckon they would've been better off if Abbott had lost his seat to be honest.
Right now he's their number one liability!