You've gotta feel for tony. He did the best he could for the Australian people.
It was just a really pathetic and outdated attempt.
Repeatedly people who know him personally, have said, the Tony Abbott you see is nothing like the real person. Suspect the architects of the slogan politics convinced him it was the way out of the hole.
Straight up, Aussies are a bunch of dumb fucks when it comes to politics and can't contemplate anything beyond the banal - as a populace we have been getting the politicians we deserve, or perhaps the back room advisors we deserve.......
On Changes in PMs - the only reason the public didn't like the Gillard challenge was that it was unexpected from a PM who was generally still popular and respected. The party therefore took out a PM when the public had no idea there were problems. The public I believe had no problems with Gillard been dethroned because they were polling badly.
Seriously, the very idea that the Australian voters would think that only they have the right of hire and fire speaks volumes for the educational attainment of said populace