Abbott gets an abrupt interruption
While delivering a speech at Melbourne University, two climate change protestors join Opposition Leader Tony Abbott onstage.
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Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has laughed off a protest during an address to the Melbourne Institute today.
Mr Abbott was interrupted by at least two young men, who came up next to him at the lectern and made sarcastic comments, thanking him for attending the event.
''I'd like to say thank you, Tony,'' one man said.
''We're really looking forward to when you take down the Prime Minister, coming up soon, it's going to be a great time for all of us.''
''Good stuff,'' Mr Abbott responded.
The group were briefly chased by security as they made comments about global warming being a ''bunch of crap'' but Mr Abbott did not appear to be fussed by the interruption.
''Isn't it fantastic, ladies and gentleman to see that undergraduate humour does not change,'' he said with a laugh.
Mr Abbott added that the protesters had come at a good time
''They've probably given me the punctuation point to stop adlibbing and start my scripted speech,'' he said.
Mr Abbott was also mobbed by a small group of protesters as he reached his car to leave the conference. Security guards had to hold some protesters out of the path of the car so it could leave the University of Melbourne.
Mr Abbott told the Melbourne business forum that a Coalition government would convene a new business advisory council three times a year. He said former Australian Stock Exchange chairman Maurice Newman had agreed to be the inaugural chairman.
Mr Abbott said he wanted to end the ''bad blood'' between government and business ''that is damaging investment and employment and that's sapping the confidence that's so important for every Australia's prosperity''.
He also announced a productivity working group, chaired by Coalition MP Steve Ciobo, that will consult with business and the community on the Coalition's productivity agenda.
With AAP
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