Even the ultra-right wing IPA is peeed off at Tony A.
IPA supporters pour in cash to fund anti-Abbott ad as race discrimination act fury boils over August 7, 2014 - 11:27AM
Latika Bourke
Free Market think tank the Institute of Public Affairs raised $10,000 an hour for three hours after emailing supporters asking for cash to fund an attack ad on Prime Minister Tony Abbott.
IPA Director John Roskam on Wednesday warned the government not to “underestimate the white-hot anger” of Liberals dismayed by the Prime Minister's decision to back down from repealing section 18C of the Racial Discrimination Act.
Now it appears that anger has been converted into cash with the appeal topping $45,000 as of this morning, according to Mr Roskam.
He told Fairfax Media the IPA had been inundated with donations immediately after it issued its plea and received more than $30 thousand in 3 hours.
"This is a really, really big deal for the grassroots," said Mr Roskam.
He said dozens of Liberal party members had threatened to quit because of the broken promise.
The ad will feature a quote from Mr Abbott arguing for Section 18c's repeal when he was opposition leader, in a speech he gave to the IPA.
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