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On 1 December 2009 after more than 15 years in the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] he became leader due to much hate over then leader [[Malcolm Turnbull]] and his acceptance of the Australian [[Cap and trade]] equivalent called ETS (emission trading scheme) which has been called 'the single worst piece of legislation to be foisted on the Australian public' by respected environmental scientist Professor Bob Carter who has been as an expert witness on climate change before the U.S. Senate Committee of Environment & Public Works, the Australian and N.Z. parliamentary Select Committees into emissions trading and in a meeting in parliament house, Stockholm. He was also a primary science witness in the U.K. High Court case of Dimmock v. H.M.'s Secretary of State for Education, the 2007 judgement from which identified nine major scientific errors in  Al Gore's film [[An Inconvenient Truth]]. <ref>http://www.australianclimatemadness.com/?p=690</ref> <ref>http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/scientist-hits-out-at-emissions-bill/1548894.aspx</ref> <ref>http://members.iinet.net.au/~glrmc/</ref>. The bill was later rejected by the [[Australian Senate]] and only 2 Liberal Party senators voted for the bill while even the [[Australian Greens| Greens]] voted against it. <ref>http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/australian-senate-rejects-ets-115811</ref> <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/national/dead--ets-to-rise-again-20091202-k4c1.html?autostart=1</ref>

On 1 December 2009 after more than 15 years in the [[Liberal Party of Australia]] he became leader due to much hate over then leader [[Malcolm Turnbull]] and his acceptance of the Australian [[Cap and trade]] equivalent called ETS (emission trading scheme) which has been called 'the single worst piece of legislation to be foisted on the Australian public' by respected environmental scientist Professor Bob Carter who has been as an expert witness on climate change before the U.S. Senate Committee of Environment & Public Works, the Australian and N.Z. parliamentary Select Committees into emissions trading and in a meeting in parliament house, Stockholm. He was also a primary science witness in the U.K. High Court case of Dimmock v. H.M.'s Secretary of State for Education, the 2007 judgement from which identified nine major scientific errors in  Al Gore's film [[An Inconvenient Truth]]. <ref>http://www.australianclimatemadness.com/?p=690</ref> <ref>http://www.bendigoadvertiser.com.au/news/local/news/general/scientist-hits-out-at-emissions-bill/1548894.aspx</ref> <ref>http://members.iinet.net.au/~glrmc/</ref>. The bill was later rejected by the [[Australian Senate]] and only 2 Liberal Party senators voted for the bill while even the [[Australian Greens| Greens]] voted against it. <ref>http://www.nbr.co.nz/article/australian-senate-rejects-ets-115811</ref> <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/national/dead--ets-to-rise-again-20091202-k4c1.html?autostart=1</ref>

==Popular culture==

==Popular culture & Polling==

In the Australian public he is known for his [[social conservatism]], his obsession with fitness <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-clear-view-of-hindsight/2007/07/20/1184560040338.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2</ref> and his colorful language <ref>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26465464-27197,00.html</ref> <ref>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/abbotts-language-doesnt-faze-gillard-20090911-fk1h.html</ref>  

In the Australian public he is known for his being socially conservative, his obsession with fitness <ref>http://www.smh.com.au/news/national/the-clear-view-of-hindsight/2007/07/20/1184560040338.html?page=fullpage#contentSwap2</ref> and his colorful language. <ref>http://www.news.com.au/couriermail/story/0,23739,26465464-27197,00.html</ref> <ref>http://news.smh.com.au/breaking-news-national/abbotts-language-doesnt-faze-gillard-20090911-fk1h.html</ref> Due to Abbott's arguably populist image he has struck a chord with many conservative suburban voters who previously supported [[John Howard]] and has closed the gap in the polls with the Coalition overtaking [[Australian Labor Party|Labor]] on primary votes for the first time since 24-26 November 2006 and his climate change policy has also won the opinions of moderates who previously thought that the Coalition had no credential with 45% of those polled preferred Mr Abbott's plan compared to 39% who supported Kevin Rudd's ETS. <ref>http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/02/08/2812660.htm?section=justin</ref> <ref>http://www.newspoll.com.au/cgi-bin/polling/display_poll_data.pl</ref>

        

        

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