They say there are no heroes left in Australia. No-one brave enough to take on the big issues. No-one prepared to say what everyone is thinking.
And that’s why it’s great that finally Tony Abbott has taken a brave stand again… um, portapotties being deployed at Manly Surf Lifesaving Club during the Cole Classic?
“Like thousands of other people I’m here today for the Cole Classic swim. Literally hundreds of thousands of people visit Manly Beach every year. They need better facilities than this,” ,” he shirtlessly told his camera on the weekend, indicating the portapotties behind him. “This is one of the things I’ll be fighting for in the build up to this election.”
The most famous surf club in Australia shouldn’t need port-a-loos every time a crowd turns up. pic.twitter.com/NJMm6U9RsJ
— Tony Abbott (@HonTonyAbbott) February 3, 2019
Whether the portapotties are a permanent fixture or just there for the event remains unexamined. But a bigger question is this: um, what?
See, aside from everything else, public beachside facilities are a local council responsibility, not a federal government one.
So not only is it not T-Bones’ responsibility, it’s literally outside of his jurisdiction. And presumably he knows that, given that he’s been the local member since 1994 and we’d hate to suggest that he doesn’t know his job.
Insert your own “grooming your successor” joke here!
Mind you, maybe he’s thinking of making the leap to Mayor in the event that the election goes south for him. And given his love of slogans, we’d like to suggest “Manly Council: show me the dunny”.