Broken election promises hurting Abbott
His plans to cut school, hospital and broadcaster funding causes big approval fall
Sydney
TONY Abbott, whose relentless taunts of Julia Gillard for breaking an election promise helped make him Australia's 28th prime minister, is suffering the biggest fall in public approval for a new government in 30 years as he faces a similar attack on his integrity. Ms Gillard, Australia's first female prime minister, had backtracked on a 2010 pre-election pledge not to introduce a carbon tax.
On the eve of the September 2013 election, Mr Abbott vowed he wouldn't cut funding to popular programmes. Now, in an effort to rein in a A$48.5 billion (S$53.9 billion) budget deficit, his government plans to reduce spending on schools and hospita…
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