Christmas message: Tony Abbott prepares to knock the 'barnacles off the ship'

By Mark Kenny
Updated November 26 2014 - 4:08pm, first published 9:53am
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Andrew Meares
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Budget gridlock: Prime Minister Tony Abbott might cut his losses. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen