Australia’s Future With Tony Abbott – Fake outrage fuels Hanson; Canberra’s “truth deficit”; War with China

September 16th, 2026

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In this episode recorded on 15 September 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss how attacks on its’ leader play straight into the hands of Pauline Hanson’s One Nation; the “slow economic suicide” that’s fuelling the rise of a third major political party; how the threat of terrorism remains at least as high as it was at the time of the 9/11 attacks; and how Taiwan may prove to be the ultimate test of the ANZUS alliance.

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Daniel Wild is a Deputy Executive Director at the Institute of Public Affairs

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