Tony Abbott has tweaked his doorstop schtick
a little: he's added a new sound bite.
As well as repeating the standard
promises to repeal the carbon tax, repeal the mining tax, stop the boats, get
the budget back in the black and cut red tape, he’s going to revitalise
Work-for-the-Dole.
That promise to resurrect Work-for-the-Dole
is straight out of the Liberals' policy platform Our Plan – RealSolutions for all Australians: The direction, values and policy priorities ofthe next Coalition Government. It's fleshed out on page 20 of
the plan. The Liberals promise that they “will deliver higher productivity
growth by boosting workforce participation” and “encourage every Australian to
be a productive contributor in the nation's life”.