A wonderful man and he was a great prime minister/ It’s regrettable that we don’t have him right now in parliament. He’s a man of deep integrity and intelligence and leadership. Bless him and I hope he remains a man speaking out about all our problems in Australia now. Thank you for your contribution to our country. ❤
How amazing it is to see some Australian politics documented with RU-vid comments allowed. Thanks so much to Jorden. Every Australian interested in our position in the world stage will watch this.
I appreciate this conversation being posted on RU-vid. It’s great to read all comments. You can read everyone’s perspective in the world and see where there coming from.
as a 26 year old Australian, I was told by every angle that Tony Abbott was a racist and that's it. I am very interested to hear him speak, and see if this was just another example of shutting down alternate opinions
I am at the place now where if I see someone pilloried or disparaged in the news paper or on television news, or if names of "bad" people are mentioned in articles about misinformation, disinformation or conspiracies etc, then I look them up. Usually find that they have well considered opinions and I often agree with them.
I'm a 30 year old Australian, and I remember well when Tony was in, and was slandered as a racist sexist prick by just about everybody, and I remember believing it. It was only when I saw him literally on the front lines in his own community fighting some of the worst fires we had ever had that I realised we had been told a bunch of nonsense about a good man.
I'm also a 30 year old Australian and I remember being in first year college when he was elected and everyone was against him. Nowadays I wish he was there instead of everything we've had.
I remember roll call in third , fourth and fifth class at 9am ! It went like this Abbott , present . Davies present. Dean present. A very wise and under rated man .
But forgetting when he was flown out by Adani to India a few weeks after the fires to a fossil fuel lobbying conference funded by the major polluters on how they could continue expanding their operations in Aus? With none of the Aus public seeing that money?
I am 42 I remember thinking as someone on the left back then, why does everyone hate him so much? It was awful how they disparaged him in the media, everywhere. Something about the way h made them feel I think, as he backed himself and was confident.
I voted for Prime Minister Abbott. I was absolutely disgusted when the party stabbed him in the back for Malcolm Turnbull. This was a low point in Australian politics and has heralded in over 20 years of political and cultural malaise. Tony Abbott is the closest thing to an honest politician you will ever see in your lifetime. How do I know this for a fact? Because at least half of everything he says is political suicide, but he speaks his mind and speaks the truth whenever he is called on to contribute. Thank you so much for reminding the world of this great man and thank you so much for working with him in your endeavors. He has an enormous amount to contribute.
Totally agree the back stabbing and the media robbed this country of the best Prime Ministers we have had certainly in the last 20 years. Only bloke to tell Pultin that he would shirtfront him😂
To be fair, Turnbull was the opposition leader before Abbott, and he only won by a single vote during their first leadership spill. The liberals only installed him as an opposition leader to take down Gillard and Rudd and also to push policy that would benefit the liberal party's donors once he became the Prime Minister.
I cannot believe Jordan Peterson has interviewed Tony Abbott. I suppose I shouldn’t be surprised that men of their calibre would meet but I am absolutely delighted to see this interview - Tony Abbott was one of the most under appreciated politicians and Prime Ministers in Australian history. God bless you both and thank you!!
As an Australian I thought Tony Abbot was a terrible PM for Australia, but I think he is a good and honourable man. The fact that he fought the black summer bush fires with the fireies for no media attention is truly amazing, and the unlike most recent liberal PM, he at least deserved to lead.
Abbott was a terrible PM. His international relations were awful and he undid or stopped alot of positive progress. He would have been a great local leader as for national and global politics, its a no from me.
He had been a firefighter for some years before the Black Summer came along. It's hard to judge his Prime Ministership. He had a media pack baying for his blood and Turnbull undermining him and working to take the top job. He never had any space at all to be Prime Minister. I think given the opportunity he could have been very good.
@@studley2436 As an average joe, so to speak, I couldn't even begin to understand the complexities of running a country or any high ranking political office. Especially if as you say, your very position is under attack from inside your own office as well as from external sources as I imagine is the case for all PM's. Not an enviable post at all. His Prime Minister-ship aside, he's at least an interesting man to listen to.
I would somewhat agree with this. Woeful politician, seems like an ok guy. I doubt I'd get along with him and quite a few things but he certainly isn't a terrible human being.
I just can’t believe the quality of the guests and conversations Jordan Peterson has been giving us free of charge. I’m blown away that this is actually happening multiple times a month. We can’t help but get ourselves back on track listening to these conversations. The world is a far better place because of him
Freedom isn’t “free”. It’s up to each one of us to do our part so we can save ourselves for what’s coming. That way, he, I and you can all have a better world
Quality of guest , was that sarcasm? Tony Abbot is like scrapping the bottom of the barrel as far as politicians go. Who's next Scott Morrison, want to talk about handing out pronouns and titles, these people never earned the title Honourable, criminal perhaps.
@@Drowe71 leftard how much are you paid per post? Please don't tell me the chows tricked you into doing it for free. That's even more pathetic. But now I look at your illiterate (edited) post perhaps you really are a non-native speaker: refer to a dictionary to learn what a "scrap" is.
Won't someone think of poor Tony, the puppet of the establishment who backglipped on election promises and single-handedly destoryed aged care and is the reason we pay through the nose for doctors. The man is scum, don't let a puff piece funded by the billionaires who placed him in the top job. Wake up.
Wow, around a year ago Tony came to my men’s group of around 15 young guys because my pastor met him at the hardware store. Tony generously and humbly came one arvo and answered our questions about his faith and leadership. Crazy to see him with Jordan 🤯
I'm an Australian who was a young _"progressive"_ while Tony Abbott was our prime minister. I've gone from hating and loathing this man to respecting and admiring him. Having said that, I still had no idea he was this insightful. Congratulations Mr Abbott for all your accomplishments. You are a remarkable man
@@mervekirmizi2992let’s not forgot the complete moron that replaced him. Like or loathe, at least Abbot is highly intelligent and principled…..unlike ScoMo
As a young conservative Tony failed to arrest the capture of out institutions and he engaged in the most trite of conservative causes. The mining tax he abolished surrender our resources to giant multinationals, a neocons neocon. He is detested by the young right and left equally.
@@indefatigable6176 To be fair, he was in a similar position to trump - attacked constantly from all sides, so he spent much of his time just trying to address false perceptions whipped up by the ABC etc. Had he had even a handful of like minded people in parliament willing to openly support him, Turnbull and the ABC would have had a much harder time ruining his prime-ministership.
@@NPC-fl3gq He absolutely wasn't. I don't put much stock into the Australian main media in general because it's all under the same biased leadership that FAVOUR the Liberal party which Tony ran under - he was doing the same thing the party was doing whenever they've been elected into power. Siphoning money away from public funding for education, health and disaster prevention and into building top of the line fighters overseas, all the while further fucking the job market and stroking the dicks of real estate investors that turned NSW into a housing nightmare. He's also the reason our NBN plan got fucked in its' initial stages and set the groundwork for our national healthcare no longer being free due to how much his party cut the funding over the years. Now to be fair to mr.Budgie smugglers he was nowhere near as fucked or shady as Scomo ever was, but he's definitely nothing like Trump. Trump wouldn't sell domestic food and water production and land to China like Tony did and bolster the military against no imminent threat at the cost of the living conditions of US citizens, even while Xi's mask was slipping further and further.
@@NPC-fl3gqlmao, the ABC isn't the heavyweight you think it is. Our media is almost entirely conservative. Tony was a dud that achieved nothing but knighting a foreigner.
Speaks volumes of Tony Abbott to see Mr Peterson giving him space to discuss Australia. Tony voted No in thhe recent referendum and that shows he wasnt controlled by corporate money. Hope Tony runs for PM. Much respect to you both.
It's difficult to make an accurate judgment of someone when they're constantly under the scrutiny of the public, opposition and news agencies. I feel like a lot of people would do well to watch this conversation (others too) and see that Tony Abbott is a respectable, intelligent and well meaning man. Regardless of whether you agree with him on everything, there's no disputing that he's well informed on many current issues. I think we need more people who are willing to humbly share their objective observations and also stand by their beliefs. I've left Australia, but it's refreshing to see one of our political figures who isn't just talking utter self serving nonsense.
"If you're prepared to lose (the cause) for which you're striving, in order to win; it's no longer about the cause, it's about you." Well said and brilliantly applicable to all facets of life; most particularly Faith.
< 31yr old Australian, I was in Tafe when Abbott's budget cuts affect my course and reduced it's length. The only opinion of Abbot among my piers was of an incompetent and blind fool who sold out our youth and arts. Then you have this other end in absolute stark contrast of a conversation about such sensitive and controversial topics that most people are too scared to talk about - and even having been through that experience and weighing up both, I can't help but admire him for having the guts to a long form conversation with Peterson without pause for nearly 2 hours. I found myself agreeing with a lot of what Abbott had to say here and shocked myself. I think this is a good lesson and a reminder that no one individual can meet the needs of everyone and that some of them are important at what they do bring to the table. Seeing some hate on here for him, can't say I haven't felt the exact same at 20, but I listened to this without my head up my but and heard it for what it was.
Abbot is one of Australia’s best, despite what the Australian media has told us, he is one of the only leaders that we’ve had who has a deep, rational and coherent worldview and political philosophy. Thank you for having him on!
Except for Howard, Keating and Hawke who all had deep and knowledgeable political philosophies that they lived during their time in office. Whether you agreed with them or not, they were politically astute.
I am really dissapointed with how I once perceived Tony Abbot, living in Sydney it seemed that everyone hated this man so strongly with a passion that they'd think differently if you didn't have the same opinion. I never had a chance to truly listen to him speak which again is devastating having judged this person without really listening to a thing they've said. This bloke is an utter genius and says it exactly how it is. True warrior, strong character and Austrlaian through and through.
I'm a Brit but lived for 5 years in Australia, the end part through Tony Abbot's Premiership. He was ridiculed for his Christsn beliefs and body shamed on a daily basis for going for a surf. He just did what it said on the tin, and the country turned against him, under constant duress from the media. This is clearly what needs to be addressed?
Young men present, sir ! 🪖 Thank you, from France. Nice to see you both talking. Hope more young men watch your videos. Especially if they did not have a role model. Good luck for the near future Mr. Abbott and Mr. Peterson. It's good to see reasonable people talking, coming from all around the world. We need more of this !
Thanks for having Tony on your show Jordan. He was my favourite PM in my lifetime, unfortunately, other Aussies didn't feel the same - and we can see what's happened since he left office (not good!)
Fantastic interview! As a young Australian I never fully appreciated his intellect and have only witnessed constant character assassinations of Tony. Clearly he is extremely pragmatic and balanced in his perception of both Australian and global issues. Such as shame to see our country depart from this solid logic.
I'm an Australian who was in college (at a high level University) when Abbott was elected. Everyone was up in arms against him. Nowadays I think he's ultimately speaking a voice of reason now I'm 30 years old. Thank you Jordan and Tony for this interview.
Tony Abbott has always been a reasonable man, although naturally along the way he has made mistakes and grown wiser from them, as hopefully we all do. Leftism is anti-Christian. It portrays itself as a Godless superior alternative to Christianity and to all that Christianity stands for. Tony Abbott's traditional Christian faith is the reason the left hate him so much.
Really loved this conversation, I am a huge fan of both of these gentlemen, we really need millions more of them to teach our young how to get back on track to building this world into a better, more exciting, inspiring place where everyone has a share of the prosperity that this fabulous planet has to offer.❤
I'm an Australian in his mid 30s. I remember Tony coming to where I live while Prime Minister and going for a bike ride and I always found him to be really reasonable. I had a lot of people try tell me he was an idiot, or he was crazy and it was always based on him being religious. He has supporters where I live because it's a country town, but overall I feel like Australians in general have a deep disdain for not only politicians but religion as well. The combination is a lightning rod for scorn.
Tony was cancelled by the Australian media, when he was Prime Minister. He was kicked out pre election by his own party. Yet he was one of the few PM's to actually do what he said he would do.
Nonsense revisionist history - he had an entirely sympathetic Murdoch media behind him for his entire time before, during and after his prime ministership!
From Australia, I have enjoyed this conversation very much. Mr Abbott I wish you had the top seat now. You would do a sight better job, as you had done in the past.
A man with a great deal of integrity, too much integrity for politics, who was brought down by a traitor who was also a vile person. Such a shame, but i think we in australia are finally working out who was the good guy. I really admire Tony Abbott very much.
I was very keen and pleased that I saw this interview today as it went up to air. I do disagree with Mr Abbott on at least two major issues (for different reasons) but am very pleased to see that in the wake of the Australian media backlash here …no doubt at the behest of those driving the political bus, that he has been able to hold and retain his integrity. A great interview and I hope to see further discussions between you. At the end i deduced that this was recorded prior to the end of October so I do hope that whatever is happening/has happened in London was productive. I look forward to hearing more. Thank you Gentlemen.
Australia a free country ? How did that go during covid? I couldn't return as an Australian citizen. The problem with Australia is people like these politicians that sell out Australia and keep immigrants flooding in to keep their housing portfolios up. Add negative gearing, foreign investment and there is Australian's housing problem. An average of 5 investment properties are owned by each politician. I am not against immigration, my parents are immigrants, but at least let infrastructure develop before more people immigrate. The cost of living is also ridiculous. So happy I left Australia 6 years ago. I'm disappointed to say I'm Australian. The country has every single natural resource yet pays some of the highest energy bills. Australia has so much uranium yet has no nuclear power plants. No worries, she'll be right is the Australian mantra.
Agree Abbott and others have sold out Australia we have not been free since the 70s at least with unlawful and unconstitutional pms such as Abbott. How can someone like him and on his pay pension form government can he talk about wealth and prosperity in Australia?!?! He’s part of the problem we’re in now. I usually have a lot of respect for Jordan but not for this interview.
You can thank the Labor party for all those mentioned problems....both gillard and albo are responsible for that. Abbott did stop the boats and put an end to gillards bs carbon tax and sorted out the unemployment. Abbott would've stayed prime minister if he kept his religion out of his politics and that's where he went wrong. He should've stuck to the liberal policies and got on with just running the country without intertwining his religion into it.
I really liked Tony Abbott as Prime Minister, he knew through his ancestry the depth of meaning of the country of Australia. The history and foundation of a country which punches above it's weight. He was intelligent and discerning and his Christian values helped orient our country both domestically and abroad. It is a shame that the more left-leaning elements of the Liberal Party shafted him. Turnbull and Morrison have done worse than if Abbott was in power.
It´s a privilege to be able to listen to these kind of conversations. Leaders like Tony Abbot and Dr. Jordan Peterson contribute so much. Regarding Tony Abbot´s comment on the prayer of the faithful in a Catholic Church for the environment I would like to say that is not an alien tradition. In the Roman Missal there used to be "Seasonal Masses" dedicated to giving thanks for the harvest or asking for good weather. This was directed to societes very dependent on them. Also there were prayers for the fishermen at sea. As long as it is in a Christian Theological framework there is a place for prayer for the environment; obviously not a deification of Nature.
An interesting conversation which I enjoyed quite a lot. To be honest, I didn't have much time for Tony Abbott as a politician. I was younger and more left leaning back then to be fair. However his time as Opposition Leader, while clearly effective at getting his party elected, was in my opinion quite damaging to political discourse and was part of one of the most turbulent periods in recent political history (5 x changes in PM over a 10 year period, back stabbings constantly by both parties, almost 0 bipartisanship) from which we've only recently recovered. Granted, one man isn't responsible for everything that happened, but I don't look back on that period fondly. Regardless, it's clear that he's a man of integrity, and with the passage of time and a change in role/responsibility, I'm glad he's representing Australia's interests abroad.
When you say Tony Abbott was damaging to political discourse in Australia you are quite mistaken. Discourse had broken down long before his time as Opposition Leader, simply look back to Mark Latham or Paul Keating decades before Abbott.
the hatred is generated by anti-conservative bias in youngsters who do not know better and old lefties who have hate rusted on. Being Conservative is loving all the good things about our society which has made the population safe, educated and free and being cautious about change for change sake; NOT ALL change is for the better.
@@Pacdoc-oz Agree completely, you just have to look at the way political discourse has degenerated since the Senate eligibility requirements were lowered and allowed so many "Independents" to be elected, and we'll just refrain from comment on how the election of single issue candidates to the "House of Review" has distorted and degraded actual policy development and Governance here in Australia. Funniest thing though, Zalli Steggal, a "Teal" Independent who took Tony's electorate in the last election, has just introduced Legislation about "Truth" in Political Advertising" in response to the supposed mis-information & disinformation contained in the No case for the recent Referendum, yet somehow lacking any details of what these were. I just wonder who will be the arbiters of this "Truth" or how she will sell it to her ALP colleagues/friends considering the scare campaigns on Medicare, NDIS and Social Security they trot out at every election, to name but a few.
We have an activism cult where we see the same people subscribing to radical race, gender, climate, communist etc. style ideologies. This is a spiritual war where the subject changes yet the approach to deception, persecution, division etc remains the same. The call to faith in God is being felt world wide I believe while principalities are also peaking. I love Dr Jordan's work. Truly a Man blessed with a purpose.
Agree💯 Politics is just another way the enemy manipulates the innate hatred in humans to create chaos and schisms. God is in sovereign control and uses leaders, good or terrible for His ultimate purpose. I pray more people, including Mr. JP, accept Faith in the One True God and gain an understanding of spiritual warfare as explained in Ephesians, chapter 6. Mr. JP's series on Exodus, particularly concerning Pharaoh is a worthwhile listen. God bless!
@@LibertyOrD___h definitely NOT some trifling Nth American idea about tobacco or guns, it's not in our constitution or national identity soooo a made up problem from another nation. Remember OUR constitution did not come from rebellion or Civil war or any conflict whatsoever .... And very few nations can say that if memory serves me correctly. Look at our referendum just last month .... Free and fair and done 👍 dare to do That in Nth America, no chance or even possible (albeit I don't know the constitutional laws there in any depth)
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Hi Jordan firstly I'd like to thank you, for things far too numerous to mention in this post, the thing I'd like to thank you for most though is for being an inspiration, for living your life in a way that finally we have a living Canadian role model that we can be proud of, happy to follow, and that for me at least, leaves me feeling proud to be Canadian again. I hope going forward, I can also live in a way, that helps preserve what that has meant for so long.... I've been long out of the country and from the view I'm getting though communication technology, it looks like the country I know and love is fast slipping into the quick sands of delusion.... That said watching this interview I couldn't help think, as I often do that your point of view just makes good sense, and if there were any common sense left in the political world it would already operate along the lines you suggest it ought... So then why isn't it? I wonder have you read the book confessions of an economic hit man? It answers some of your very valid questions I think, exposing as it does some of the machinations of the world bank, and IMF.... Though perhaps the answer is just as easily found in the first scene of the movie vanilla sky, " the answer to 99% of all questions. Money.".. Or more fundamentally greed. So then the solution to greed ? I like what Robert Morris puts forth from the gospel, tithing,/giving rebukes the devourer. Kruba Jason
He sounds like a pro-war lunatic, I agreed with everything else he had to say, it's so strange seeing him do a complete 180 morally and suggest Ukraine and the West do the exact thing that leads to further conflict and suffering. He's also blatantly lying when saying things like "decimating cities", all strikes against Ukraine has been precision strikes on valid military targets, "decimating cities" would be the equivalent of what Israel is doing in Gaza, dropping 6000 bombs in a week on a single city, indescriminately, flattening block after block with civilians still close by or even inside.
Tony Abbott What can you say one smart man, and taken for granted. Till 2028 hits or around everyone will realise how on point this high class man was.
Tony lost me at the Russia/Ukraine section. He was absolutely brilliant until then. But his misunderstanding of the dynamics and nuances of the Russian predicament leads me to believe that on this particular subject; he is either ill informed, or a propagandist, regarding this particular topic.
I'm tending to agree with this as every day passes and getting more convinced that the requirement of all our governments to keep sending money to Ukraine (which before this war started was the most corrupt country in Europe every mainstream media outlet told us, as well as I lived there for a year and embraced that corruption by paying police to extend my visa!!) which we all know is a massive money maker for companies like ratheon, Lockheed Martin, and other weapon manufacturers, while at the same time our own governments largely ignore their own people who are struggling with inflation and energy prices.. It's like our governments are actively reducing its own people's quality of life intentionally while enriching 'the war machine' (and the politicians who have their financial connections to that machine)...
What amazes me is that politicians and ex ones are finally coming out and saying such things about our education system in Australia!! The massive move by parents to NOT send our children into state schools over 35 years ago was a clear signal that our whole education system was corrupted by propaganda. Glad you have seen it at last Tony.
If Jesus is not your center you will always feel lost and empty. No amount of sex, booze, money or drugs will fill that need in your spirit to connect with your Maker.
Every year for many decades Tony Abbott immerses himself in indigenous communities to help where he can. No fanfare , much like he is in Rural Fire Service, he serves actual communities. Its sad the haters call him a racist, a Mysoginist.
Are you Australian to have seen that? In what state is press freedom in Australia now? I'm from UK and also get a lot of exposure to European and american/Canadian mainstream media, which to a large degree seems to be run as a propaganda wing of leftist ideologies. There seems to be a lack of centrist or balanced media that views both sides of any argument/issue. Censorship seems to be increasingly an issue (the EU, UK, and Canadian governments have all now implemented what they are phrasing along the lines of 'online safety' bills, tackling misinformation (what or who is the arbitor of misinformation is the question I think here..?). One thing that particularly annoys me about mainstream media is how it has changed in my lifetime from the 70s and (maybe) 80s where channels like BBC news stated facts about A or B, whereas nowadays with rolling news coverage there is more time to fill therefore instead of stating facts, 80% of broadcast time is 'opinions'... which by it's very nature will contain biases that then opens the door to corruption at the broadcaster level, which in the case of the BBC (but applies to others as well) has lost a lot of trust by the population both within the UK and internationally. I honestly don't know which news sources these days can be trusted..X (twitter) is hard work, but does seem to be possibly the only place to find news from different viewpoints since Elon took over
@@MalcolmMXTaylor it’s technically free but following the pattern of the rest of the world. A public broadcaster that is naturally enthralled with the labour-centric, big-government party, the Murdoch outlets, and the mainstream channels that are 100% captured by the current zeitgeist. The financial review is the best newspaper imo. Just my opinion
A great discussion and a great insight into someone I have had respect for in Tony Abbott and I am even more puzzled in light of his testimony that so many people I know who have a very negative view of him? Well done Jordan and Tony.
Amazing guest! Very much pleased to get to know Tony Abbot is a traditionalist Catholic. Leaders like him we need in the west to confront and restrain the damage caused by leftist ideologies and politics.
No we don't. We need better. I lived under an Abbott administration and he threw Australia and Australian businesses under the bus. For example he tried to make an Indian Port so close to the Great Barrier reef it would destroy it. So from a monetary perspective, The Great Barrier reef brought in over $400M a year from tourism alone. Not including income tax etc. He tried to sell a area for a port for $4B. $4B or $400M every year with gradual increases due to tourism? What you think is better? He also promised on election night "On the eve of the 2013 federal election Tony Abbott promised no cuts to education, health, or the ABC and SBS, and no changes to pensions." (Then and now: the Abbott government's broken promises - SMH). He broke every single one. He's a smarmy, lying and deceitful person who tried to hide behind is fake 'religiousity'. There's a reason his own party backstabbed him and removed him.
I agree. While he was Prime Minister he did NOT behave in a statesmanlike manner and he was willing ready and able to get “down and dirty” for political gain. Sure he has some great values and is committed to his community but many Australians remember how he comported himself during his political career. You couldn’t call it ennobling. I am surprised JP didn’t do a little more research into our political history 😢
I remember first year of uni going to see a stand up comedy show at the uni bar. I remember the comedian saying something along the lines of 'Tony Abbott ran the most negative campaign in Australia's history'. And I remember thinking, 'that's literally the exact opposite of what I've been seeing the last 2 weeks. Why's everyone laughing and clapping?'.
I can't help but interpret that Jordan is applying the same left-right dichotomy (of USA and Canada) to the Australian political landscape. I worry this repetitive interaction with former Liberal leaders (John Anderson, Scomo, John Howard) is because Labor leaders refuse to interact, however, I hope this is not the case. Please, please, please talk to Paul Keating, that would be a phenomenal conversation.
My first thoughts also… Why are none of these people discussing the possibility of free energy at all and still playing the mainstream line there? And more to the point, why is free energy still illegal and punishable by all sorts of dastardly things - no less being regarded a thief (and punished according to their self-righteous pronouncements) in South Australia if you would dare to go off grid and then dare to produce your own free power. You would risk having your home turned inside out by fully armed police who would hunt for the supposed illegal power source being ‘stolen’ from said grid that you might have (and they would surely find) in your home if you dare to switch on a light bulb not connected to the grid without their authority. Is it any wonder that there is still the push to have us all monitored using ‘smart’ meters?
In year 12 here in Australia, we have to do a research project, I chose to research nuclear power’s application here in Australia, 6 months and hundreds of international reports and scientific journals, publications, articles later, the issue is immediately apparent that nuclear power is the clear long term solution to the power problem, specifically here in Australia, and that the main forces that oppose it are the very organisations that claim to care, I.e, the government, energy companies and the people
I respect Tony Abbot and his clear and unambiguous values, whilst at the same time being tolerant of other's views. He has his moral compass sorted, and it's good to we know exactly where he stands on issues. Something we need more of in our Australian leaders.
I'm glad to hear Jordan acknowledges the distinct difference between blind faith and self faith, however one can be deceived by their own self faith by not testing it against the reality...which is one of the reasons why it's a good idea to gather the evidence (credible evidence) and test it out as well as having critical thinking abilities. Acting on faith on it's own for the sake of it is blind faith and same with just believing things at face value. Both religious and the woke have demonstrated their sense of blind faith.
I would suggest that we learn from Putin and focus on developing our own people in the context of our history and ignore the insane section of our people, while facing the real limitations to which we are subject.
What a great interview . I am a big supporter of Tony Abbot a very honest and caring person, with Tony you know you have someone who will give to you straight and not worry about how the media will use it against him, a rarely seen quality in politicians around the world.
During the awful bushfires in 2019-2020, Victoria's labor premiere Dan Andrews went on holiday. The Green party leader pushed for more solar on roofs. The climate cult screamed and hollered. The fires were caused by labor's poor forestry management (sabotage), lit by arsonists, in an environment irrevocably altered by aboriginals setting fire to everything. The whole country was set up for disaster. Meanwhile, Tony was a volunteer fire fighter and was out for months and months, fighting fires with other volunteers.
Our fires out west in the United States are caused by poor forest management as well. There is no excuse for it. Tony Abbott seems like a good guy. I’m enjoying this interview. I’m sure the leftist Australians hurled all types of “ist” and “ism” accusations at him.
Yes I remember. A couple of weeks before the 2019 fires began the ABC hosted a panel of foul mouthed feminists. They repeatedly called for Australia to burn and men to die. The fires began and men died fighting fires.
You have fallen for Murdoch’s spin on that whole saga. It’s a shame you didn’t mention Scott Morrison going on holiday when we had those massive bush fires right before the pandemic. It seems like you are the the type of person who voted No on the referendum? You need to know that the large majority of Australia’s media is owned by the liberals (look up Peter Costello). It’s a shame to see Jordon Peterson actually listen to abbots mindless nonsense. He talks about how Australia is heading down yet HE and his party were in charge that own time haha.
@@j.p.8137 I saw Morrison's smug beaming face as Schwab personally praised him for using covid to advance their aims. But Labor stood by all these decisions and only complained they were too soft. Whilst I didn't particularly like him at the time, Abbott was the only politician who actually fought fires. At this stage I don't believe in democracy. As I see it we just vote for globalist puppets and it's the agreements they sign with the UN, WHO etc that actually rule us.
Your comment about indig is also ridiculous - there was much better management and knowledge of fire prevention in their culture that supported new growth on the land and prevented massive bushfires like the ones that occurred.
I’m an Aussie and Tony Abbott is with out a doubt my favourite Polly. I was so disappointed he was manoeuvred out of the top job as PM he was doing a terrific job.
One of the reason Australia don't go into international disputes is the clear fact that they don't share a border with another country. What a blessing you continent country.
Having to listen to my mother say goodbye on the phone to my sister in London and my brother in The UAE, listening to her have to say goodbye, was incredibly difficult.
As an Aussie, I was really tempted to not watch this one because I grew up thinking Abbott was an asshole. However, whoever I thought he was he is besides the point. He's got a sharp mind and is able to think about really big picture stuff. I learnt alot from this one. I'm glad I listened in the end. Cheers Jordan
This comment comes way too late but please, please try to interview David McBride. It'll really open your eyes to the current political landscape in Australia. It's chilling.
As an Australian I do not like or agree with Tony. I can't even watch it all. I'm not a greeny but some who sits in the middle on most topics. This guy is as slipply as an eel... Actions are always louder then words.