Kevin Rudd was given no warning, but even he lasted longer than Abbott. Julia Gillard had plenty of warnings, but even she lasted longer
than Abbott.
Abbott ignored all the warnings, from
beginning to end — the public ones, the private ones, from his friends,
his colleagues, the media.
His colleagues were not being
disloyal. They did not feel they had betrayed him; they believed he had
betrayed them. Their motives were honourable. They didn't want him to
fail; they wanted the government to succeed, and they wanted the
Coalition re-elected.
Abbott and Credlin had played it
harder and rougher than anybody else to get where they wanted to be. But
they proved incapable of managing their own office, much less the
government. Then, when it was over, when it was crystal-clear to
everyone that they had failed, when everyone else could see why they had
failed, she played the gender card while he played the victim.
In The Road to Ruin, prominent political commentator, author, and columnist for The Australian Niki
Savva reveals the ruinous behaviour of former prime minister Tony
Abbott and his chief of staff, Peta Credlin. Based on her unrivalled
access to their colleagues, and devastating first-person accounts of
what went on behind the scenes, Savva paints an unforgettable picture of
a unique duo who wielded power ruthlessly but not well.
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