Tony Abbott Visits Deakin

In one of his first acts as Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott visited the Deakin Electorate on Thursday 17 December. Mr Abbott shared morning tea with a large audience of local people and took the opportunity to meet and speak to as many of them as possible. He  was relaxed and comfortable talking to people and was eager to listen to their opinions and comments. His received a very warm welcome and those attending could feel a sense of excitement in the air - expectation that this man will bring new life to the Opposition.

After being introduced by Phil Barresi, Mr Abbott addressed the gatheriing. He criticised the performance of the Rudd Government listing a number of its failings. He noted that it is "fantastic" that the people of Deakin have Phil as the liberal party candidate at the next election.

He went on to say: "Phil is someone who gets results. If it hadn’t been for Phil’s work we would not of had the Springvale level crossing fixed up, here in this area. If it hadn’t been for Phil’s constant lobbying, the Scoresby road – I don’t call it a freeway because it’s not a freeway sadly. It is a tollway and it shouldn’t have been a tollway. It should have been a freeway and it would have been a freeway if Phil had had his way. Unfortunately it’s a tollway because the Victorian Government is very good at taking money from the Commonwealth but not delivering on what it is supposed to deliver on.

 But look for Phil to go back in to the Parliament after he had left, after he had resumed a successful career outside of the Parliament shows that this is a man of great public spirit who is deeply committed to serving the people of Deakin...."

to read Tony Abbott's Address click here