No more Dr No ... Opposition Leader Tony Abbott. Picture: Jeremy Piper Source: The Courier-Mail
TONY Abbott has declared "there is no limit to what Australia can achieve" as he flicks the switch to positive in an election year.
Dubbed "Dr No" and "Mr Negative" by the ALP, the Liberal leader will also tonight unleash a round of prime time television advertisements to kick off the election year promising a positive agenda.
But the Coalition has soft pedalled on Abbott delivering a budget surplus in his first year as Prime Minister. A new campaign blueprint, Real Solutions, to be released today, omits references in previous documents to deliver a surplus in "within 12 months."
The Liberal leader will today launch a mini-campaign pledging to create two million new jobs in the 50-page policy document. He maintains he is sticking to his pledge of delivering a surplus in his first, second and third year as PM, but with the wriggle room that promise is based on current economic conditions.
The Liberal's new policy document pledges to establish a Commission of Audit to identify savings and efficiencies in all areas of government if elected, setting the scene for a tough 2014 budget to reduce government debt.
But in contrast to an earlier "Real Solutions" document released in June that pledged to deliver a surplus "within 12 months" the new document pledges only "we will get the budget under control" with no time frame.
Despite repeatedly heralding a return to a budget surplus, Treasurer Wayne Swan conceded late last year a promised 2012-13 budget surplus was now "unlikely' blaming global economic conditions.A spokesman said Mr Abbott's pledge for a surplus if economic circumstances allowed had not changed.
"This coming election will be very important for our country and I want all Australians to know that we have responded to them with the positive plans that will make our country an even better place," Mr Abbott told The Sunday Telegraph.
"I am confident that, within five years, we can create one million new jobs and two million jobs within a decade."
Mr Abbott tells voters in the television TV advertisement that "your opinion counts" and pledges to tackle concerns raised with him, including the rising cost of living, poor superannuation returns, bottlenecks on gridlocked roads and the rising cost of asylum seeker boat arrivals.
But the document, Our Plan: Real Solutions for all Australians, offers no new policy details ahead of his TV address on Thursday.
Mr Abbot's Real Solutions campaign stresses the experience of the Coalition team.
The Prime Minister can call an election at anytime from August 3 to November 30 with the written agreement with the independents stipulating a date in September or October.
The Prime Minister will address Labor MPs in Canberra next Sunday.
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