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Matilda

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6. Abbott's token gesture to public protest.

Reply to Matilda (Reply #5)

Mon Dec 9, 2013, 01:49 AM

Dec 2013

Abbott has now decreed that flags will be flown at half-mast on the day of the memorial service for Nelson Mandela - but only after angry letters to newspapers and posts on social media condemning his actions - or lack of action.

A PM with a good instinct for the right gesture, even if only for political motives, wouldn't need to wait for a public outcry. Too little, too late.

Another Abbott stumble.

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Abbott Government is a disgrace to us all. [View all] Matilda Nov 2013 OP

And let's not talk about the Speaker of the House. Matilda Nov 2013 #1

Speaker of the House should not be a party's political pawn. Matilda Nov 2013 #2

And today - Gonski is gone. Matilda Nov 2013 #3

Abbott's got our backs. Matilda Nov 2013 #4

Abbott - International Embarrassment Matilda Dec 2013 #5

Abbott's token gesture to public protest. Matilda Dec 2013 #6

What was his reasoning before the change? mackerel Dec 2013 #7

We can't read his mind, Matilda Jan 2014 #8