Tony Abbott head desk photo: After his latest gaffe, this picture sums up the world’s reaction to the Australian Prime Minister
‘From saying virginity is “the greatest gift” a woman can give to joking on camera that “shit happens” about the death of an Australian soldier, Tony Abbott is no stranger to making monumental gaffes.
So after he called indigenous people living in low-income rural communities a “lifestyle choice” on Tuesday, this picture more or less sums up the response of the rest of the world when he starts speaking.
The under-fire leader has defended his comments this week which came as he supported the decision of the West Australian government to break up around 150 Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander communities following a withdrawal of funding.
“It’s not the job of the taxpayer to subsidise lifestyle choices,” he said, in a statement described by The Age’s Michael Gordon as “glib… insensitive, clumsy and ignorant”.’
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