Tony Abbott (Australia's 28th Prime Minister) On "Our Countries Remarkable History"

About this episode

Tony Abbott discusses Australia's history and the importance of national pride in the context of his political career.

Tony Abbott served as Australia's 28th Prime Minister from 2013 to 2015. He is a Rhodes Scholar and among the most polarising and consequential figures in modern Australian political history. Rather than writing a series of memoirs detailing the turbulent years before, during and after his leadership of Australia, he instead, wanted to re-introduce a pride for Australia's history which he is afraid 'the black armband view of history' has erased. Tony makes the case that Australian...

People in this episode

Host: Ryan Faulkner

Guest: Tony Abbott

Topics covered

• Australian history
• politics
• leadership
• cultural pride
• historical perspective

Keywords

• Tony Abbott
• Australia
• politics
• history
• leadership
• Rhodes Scholar
• cultural pride

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Rhodes Scholar

Places: Australia

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