http://www.theage.com.au/opinion/politi ... 1kdz7.htmlOakeshott had read an article in The Australian Financial Review quoting Abbott as saying he intended to be pragmatic in his negotiations with the independent MPs. So his opening line to Abbott was to ask him his definition of pragmatism.
"Everything is up for negotiation except for core Liberal values," Abbott replied, Oakeshott recalled this week. When he asked what core Liberal values were, Abbott said "no on climate change and no on national broadband network".
So core Lib values are to screw future generations so big business buddies can be mollycoddled and to prevent new media competing with the decaying dead tree media, specifically Merde-och of course.