Abbott: Labor is saying 'up yours' to voters

PM Tony Abbott says his government will never allow 'people who come to Australia illegally by boat to gain permanent residency'.

And believe us, NOBODY wants to be stuck in Canberra over Christmas Source: NewsComAu

TONY Abbott today accused Labor of giving voters a two-fingered salute to voters and disregarding their wishes as he ramped up pressure to get his legislation through Parliament.

And he indicated the Government would change Australia's position on refugee conventions overseen by the United Nations.

The Prime Minister said there would be changes announced in the weeks ahead but declined to detail them.

Mr Abbott said the Opposition was telling voters: "No matter what you voted for we are against it. No matter what you want, we are against it."

He told reporters: "The Labor Party is basically giving... two fingers to the people of Australia."

Mr Abbott repeated a warning he gave his own MPs earlier that the Senate would sit until Christmas if that's what it took to pass his legislation on Temporary Protection Visas, repeal carbon pricing and the mining tax, and to increase the debt ceiling.

"The public voted for a change of government. The public voted for a change of policy. The public expects those policies to be put in place," said Mr Abbott.

Labor frontbencher Tony Burke told Sky News said it was an unusual threat to insist "people turn up for work".

"We will be here," said Mr Burke.

The Senate can decide its own sitting schedule and could ignore the timetable proposed by the Prime Minister, and it is doubtful the ALP and the Greens will change their position on the critical legislation identified by Mr Abbott.

The Prime Minister appeared with Immigration Minister Scott Morrison to demand the passage of TPVs and to warn no asylum seekers would settle in Australia.

"This government will never allow people who come here illegally by boat to gain permanent residency in Australia," said Mr Abbott.

"You should not come, because you will not stay."

EARLIER

TONY Abbott today told his troops they will be stuck in Parliament until close to Christmas Eve if Labor doesn't bow to the Government's legislative program.

The Prime Minister said he wanted to "ramp up the pressure" on the Labor Opposition, whom he accused of being in denial.

He wants Labor and the Greens in the Senate to pass laws dismantling carbon pricing, abolishing the mining tax, reintroducing Temporary Protection Visas for asylum seekers and increasing the debt ceiling.

Parliament is scheduled to end the year on Thursday December 12. But Mr Abbott told a regular meeting of Government MPs he would continue sittings the following week and further if necessary to get his program through.

If his legislation was not passed, "we'll just have to do it," he told MPs.

The Prime Minister gave no fixed deadline and there was no indication his back benchers would be enthusiastic about being kept in Canberra for an extra week or more.

It was an upbeat meeting of Government MPs with sustained attacks on the operation of the ABC occupying much of the discussion.

A proposal that dumped Liberal MP Sophie Mirabella be made general manager of the public broadcaster was met with "good natured and hearty" support, according to a Government spokesman.

Mr Abbott said he was "well pleased with the way we have started" government after the September 7 elections, and made no direct mention of a damaging debate over school funding promises and over tactics to halt arrivals by sea of asylum seekers.

Deputy Liberal Leader Julie Bishop, the Foreign Minister, said Labor was in denial about the election result still believed the war between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard was the reason for their defeat, not poor policies.

The Greens and Labor in the Senate have blocked the introduction of Temporary Protection Visas and Immigration Minister Scott Morrison today accused the parties of honouring a promise to people smugglers.

"What is clear is that the Labor Party has repeated one of their worst mistakes in government," Mr Morrison told ABC radio.

"Over five-and-a-half years ago they abolished temporary protection visas, and in the wake of that over 50,000 people turned up on over 800 boats, including over 8000 children. There were more than 1100 deaths at sea, and over those five-and-a-half years the Labor Party has learnt nothing about their border failures."

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