Abbott说“我仍是弱势方”

t_guoguo

July 31, 2010 - 3:09PM
Abbott说“我仍为弱势方”
反对党领袖Tony Abbott说一项民意调查显示同盟党领先工党，这说明民众对工党很失望，他们对政治比对国家治理更感兴趣。
他今天在达尔文告诉记者“我想某种程度上我在这次竞选中是只落水狗”
“我想我们现在应该专注于，公众们也应该专注于field evidence。”
“这是一个曾使民众非常失望的政府...他们就是不能服务澳洲人民。”
他说澳洲人民在2007年对工党政府寄予厚望之后，现在对于重新选举“非常焦虑”。

I'm still the underdog: Abbott

Opposition leader Tony Abbott has said a surge in the polls that puts the Coalition ahead of Labor showed the public were disappointed with a Labor government more interested in politics than governing.

"I think I am very much the underdog in this election campaign," he told reporters in  Darwin.

"I think what I should really be focussing on - and what the public is focusing on - is the field evidence.

"This is a government which has terribly disappointed people...they just cannot deliver for the people of Australia."

He said the Australian public was "very very anxious" about re-electing the Rudd/Gillard government after investing a lot of hope in Labor in 2007.

Mr Abbott said reports in The Australian newspaper today that Ms Gillard had not attended some meetings of the national security committee of cabinet - and had sent a staff member in her place - showed the government was not serious about border protection.

"This is a government which has turned out to be good at politics but hopeless at government and I think the public are starting to understand that...They just cannot deliver for the people of Australia." said Mr Abbott.

Labor has taken a battering over the past week, with the coalition now leading 52-48 on the two-party preferred vote, according to the latest Nielsen poll, published in Fairfax newspapers.

It’s a six-point swing against the government during a week in which Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s campaign was dogged by leaks.

’Ms Gillard is still leading Mr Abbott as preferred prime minister in the poll, but her 21-point lead plummeted by 13 points to 49-41.

The polls were published as news of another cabinet leak emerged - that Ms Gillard sent her bodyguard, Andrew Stark, to attend the security committee meetings on her behalf.

The opposition is demanding her attendance record, along with that of former prime minister Kevin Rudd, who reportedly skipped several of the meetings as well.

Mr Abbott said ‘‘there’s no heavier responsibility’’ than the meetings.

‘‘Without the prime minister it’s not possible to have an effective meeting ... and you could hardly have a meeting without the deputy prime minister either.’’

Mr Abbott said he ‘‘missed very few cabinet meetings’’ when serving in the former Howard government.

The former Labor prime minister Bob Hawke said the poll could not have been taken at a more damaging time for Ms Gillard.

‘‘There’s no point beating around the bush, no leaks are helpful,’’ he said.

‘‘But my view is the Australian electorate as they go into these last three weeks are going to concentrate on the issues that are going to determine what’s best for them in the three years ahead.’’

The Australian Greens, whose primary vote support level in the Nielsen poll remained stable at 12 per cent, said they were offering a kind of stable leadership and innovation lacking in the major parties.

The Green's figure is down from a 15 per cent high for them in early June but the Greens leader, Senator Bob Brown, said it was well above the eight per cent at the 2007 federal election.

Dr Brown said ''the bean counters'' are tipping the Greens will hold the balance of power in the Senate after the August 21 election.

''I think there's a very good chance,'' he said.

The party will launch its election campaign in Canberra on Sunday.
http://www.theage.com.au/federal ... 20100731-110ah.html

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[ 本帖最后由 t_guoguo 于 2010-7-31 20:00 编辑 ]

marklan001

underdog:
a person, team, country, etc. that is thought to be in a weaker position than others and therefore not likely to be successful, win a competition, etc. 处于劣势的人（或团队、国家等）；弱者；比赛前不被看好者

灰太郎

tony要爆冷

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落水狗？！