Former prime minister Tony Abbott and Sky News Australia host Peta Credlin have shared their concern for the future of political debate, claiming there is a lack of respect from politicians to listen to opinions they disagree with.
In the fourth episode of Abbott and Credlin, the two political veterans revisited their discussion on the overuse of Welcome to Country ceremonies and spoke about fears over growing dogma around contentious issues.
“The Liberal Party in its nature is a truth-seeking party. In its nature should be open to new ideas but it should be suspicious of dogma – and yet there is so much dogma around today and I just think we need to be more respectful of people who disagree and less respectful of absolutist dogma wherever it comes from.”
“At least the federal Liberal Party, the federal Coalition is taking a much stronger stance against this – obviously there’s a strong stance against the divisive and dangerous Voice,” he said. Credlin and Mr Abbott have teamed up for a podcast series debating the biggest issues facing society in Australia and across the globe.
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