Abbott has priorities up his BUTT

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3. Wouldn't there have to be a vote of no confidence first?

On a personal and kind of selfish level, blocking supply would make a really dark time for public servants so much more bleak. They don't get paid if supply's blocked. Though if all the recommendations of the Big Business Wishlist aka the Commission of Audit report are implemented, there's not going to be much of the Public Service left anyway...

Commission of Audit recommends public service job cuts, mergers

Canberra would wear the lion's share of pain based on recommendations from the National Commission of Audit, which suggests ruthless changes to the federal bureaucracy.

But the commission's chairman, Tony Shepherd, said public servants should look past the unpleasantness for the good of Australia.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/national/public-service/commission-of-audit-recommends-public-service-job-cuts-mergers-20140501-zr2je.html#ixzz30YoxaPju

I suspect no-one who loses their job is going to go "That's okay. I know it's for the good of the country. Tony Shepherd, a CEO who earns more than most people can dream of told me so!'

Patronising prick...