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Tony Abbott takes a grilling from a group of high school students | Tony Abbott takes a grilling from a group of high school students |
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The crowd proved to be tougher than those who appear on Q&A when the prime minister, Tony Abbott, wandered over to talk to a group of students in the grounds of Parliament House on Friday. | |
After a few pleasantries, he told the year 9 students from Newtown High School of the Performing Arts he would take three questions. | |
Three zingers came in quick succession, on the carbon tax, gay marriage and asylum seekers, with each question being greeted by the students with rousing cheers. | |
Thinking he’d answered the questions to their satisfaction, he gave them one more opportunity, and was asked: “Not saying I don’t trust you or anything, but I was just wondering … why is a man a minister for women? And why is a man in control of the rights for women?” | Thinking he’d answered the questions to their satisfaction, he gave them one more opportunity, and was asked: “Not saying I don’t trust you or anything, but I was just wondering … why is a man a minister for women? And why is a man in control of the rights for women?” |
His response was to turn the moment into a political campaign: “If you think we need to have more women in decision making, you should join the Liberal party and work your way up,” he said. | His response was to turn the moment into a political campaign: “If you think we need to have more women in decision making, you should join the Liberal party and work your way up,” he said. |
All the while, the encounter was being filmed by one of the students, Aria McCarthy-Lochner, who described Abbott’s performance as one where he “avoids and waffles”. | All the while, the encounter was being filmed by one of the students, Aria McCarthy-Lochner, who described Abbott’s performance as one where he “avoids and waffles”. |
The video was loaded up onto YouTube later that day and has since had more than 62,000 hits. | The video was loaded up onto YouTube later that day and has since had more than 62,000 hits. |
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