Illustration: Andrew Dyson. Tony Abbott’s broken promises are just the garnish on top of the real problem: the Coalition government is in serious strife. There has been no compelling rebuttal to the claim that it is the poorest and the most vulnerable – low-income earners, pensioners, unemployed kids – who are being hit. This is how Abbott's parental leave policy – which was meant to be about empowering women – has instead become about class: about empowering rich people who happen to be women