Before the election Tony Abbott made a whole string of promises, such as: “No cuts to education, no cuts to health, no changes to pensions, and no cuts to the ABC or SBS...”
Tony Abbott campaigned on honesty. During his election victory speech, he looked Australians in the eye and said “We will not let you down.”
This was the biggest lie of all.
One year on we are all paying for those lies -- whether you are a student, a pensioner, in between jobs, or just need to go to the doctor: Tony Abbott’s lies will hurt.
The real tragedy will be if we let them get away with this. His team made the cynical calculation that in time people will forget what they promised. We can’t let that happen.
There is a lot of work to be done to undo the damage Tony Abbott has done to this country in one short year, and to stand in the way of his plans to do more.
Now one year on from his election, that work starts with a renewed push to spread the word about a year’s worth of lies, so the Liberal Party’s cynical hope -- that in time we'd forget -- will fail.
You can be a part of this push by watching and sharing this, by liking or tweeting this post. I need your help to remind other Australians of what we have to lose with a Tony Abbott government in charge.
Thanks for standing with me on this,