Australia’s Heartland Podcast2023-04-21T11:47:44+10:00

Australia’s Heartland with tony abbott podcast

Community and Democracy

December 1, 2021|

See below for show notes: This week former prime minister and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs Tony Abbott and IPA director of research Daniel Wild discuss what governments should and should not do in response to the new Covid-19 variant; why sports-stars making political pronouncements on contentious issues divides us a community; and Tony reflects [...]

Australia’s Egalitarian Future

November 25, 2021|

See below for show notes: This week former prime minister and Distinguished Fellow at the Institute of Public Affairs Tony Abbott and IPA director of research Daniel Wild discuss the recent One Nation Senate motion regarding vaccination passports, why the Covid-19 restrictions in relation to vaccine rules and mask mandates must end, what the major challenges are to [...]

People Power

November 17, 2021|

See below for show notes: This week former prime minister and Distinguished Fellow of the IPA Tony Abbott and the IPA's director of research Daniel Wild discussed the new pandemic laws being debated in the Victorian upper house and why every Australian should be concerned about the impact this will have on freedom and democracy; the massive protests [...]

Education Not Indoctrination

November 11, 2021|

See below for show notes: This week former prime minister and Distinguished Fellow of the Institute of Public Affairs Tony Abbott and IPA director of research Daniel Wild discuss what the results of the Virginia election mean for the future of Australia; the dangers of teaching critical race theory in schools; why we need to scrap the new [...]

Who Will Pay the Price (of Net Zero)

November 3, 2021|

See below for show notes: This week former prime minister and distinguished fellow of the IPA Tony Abbott and director of research at the IPA Daniel Wild discuss the hypocrisy of the global elites descending on Glasgow in their private jets and massive motorcades; how a net zero emissions target will impact working- and middle-class Australians; and why [...]

The New Old Normal

October 27, 2021|

See below for show notes: Former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott and IPA Director of Research Daniel Wild discussed what the Coalition's adoption of net zero says about politics in Australia; the authoritarian dystopia of Victoria's caste system of the 'untouchable unvaccinated'; and Tony shares his on-the-ground observations of politics and society in the US. [...]