Australia is facing its most significant challenges since World War Two. Geopolitical tensions are increasing, Cultural self-confidence is in decline. The values which define us freedom, democracy, egalitarianism, and sacrifice – are being put to the test. Over this special podcast series Tony and I discuss how Australia can not only survive, but flourish in the decades ahead.
Latest episodes
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29 min
MIGRATION MUST BE CUT; ONE NATION COALITION DEAL; FRYDENBERG TOO LATE? | Australia’s Future S5E17
In this episode recorded on 14 October 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the Coalition…
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32 min
Economic Armageddon; Woke War Memorial; Tony’s close bush fire call | Australia’s Future S5E16
In this episode recorded on 30 September 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the real reasons f…
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27 min
Fake outrage fuels Hanson; Canberra’s “truth deficit”; War with China | Australia’s Future S5E15
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…
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38 min
Free speech under siege; Flatlining Productivity; Why Our Flag Matters | Australia’s Future S5E14
In this episode recorded on 3 September 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss why the Federal Gov…
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34 min
Political Class Concedes Migration Failure; GST Dust-up; Polly Pedal | Australia’s Future S5E13
In this episode recorded on 17 August 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the significan…
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40 min
Australia's Multicultural Failure; House Price Fall; Tony's Trip North | Australia’s Future S5E12
In this episode recorded 4 August 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the ongoing multic…
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44 min
Our ‘catastrophic’ budget; Woke Cricket Australia; Iran regime change | Australia’s Future S5E11
In this episode recorded on 15 July 2026, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the downturn in…
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33 min
Pauline Hanson's Press Club Speech; One Nation's Rise; Peace With Iran? | Australia’s Future S5E10
In this episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the fragile road to peace in the Middle E…
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23 min
Australia Fractured and Weakened, but not Finished | Australia’s Future S5E9
In this episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss Tony's new role as President of the Feder…
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32 min
A Bad Budget; Are the Liberals Back? And More Gender Madness | Australia’s Future S5E8
In this episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins the IPA's Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the Federal Government's budget and…
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33 min
Time to end the divisive Welcome to Country? Plus the fight for Farrer | Australia’s Future S5E7
In this episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins the IPA's Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the ongoing and divisive use of Wel…
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32 min
The Meaning of ANZAC Day | Australia’s Future S5E6
In this episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott joins IPA Deputy Executive Director Daniel Wild to discuss the ongoing fuel crisis, conflict in the…
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26 min
A Weak Prime Minster and a Divided Coalition | Australia’s Future S5E5
Australia is facing a growing fuel crisis — and the consequences are already being felt across the economy. In this discussion, Tony Abbott and Daniel Wild analyse the South Austra…
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32 min
Iran Must Be Stopped, Migration Must Be Cut | Australia’s Future S5E4
In this episode of Australia’s Future, Tony Abbott and Daniel Wild discuss the war with Iran, Australia’s energy and fuel vulnerability, the future of the US alliance, the rise of…
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38 min
Is populism simply democracy in action? | Australia's Future with Tony Abbott S5E3
On this special ‘on the road’ episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow Tony Abbott and the IPA's Deputy Executive Director, Daniel Wild, discuss why it is short…
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31 min
The end of the Liberal Party and the rise of One Nation? | Australia’s Future S5E2
On this episode Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott, Tony and Daniel Wild discuss the dramatic collapse in support of the Liberal Party and the associated rise for One Nation, and…
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34 min
New ‘hate group’ laws will shut down debate | Australia's Future with Tony Abbott S5E1
On the first episode of a new series of Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott, Tony and Daniel Wild discuss the Albanese government’s so-called anti-hate group laws and how they will…
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36 min
The massacre at Bondi was an attack on Australia | Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott S4E22
On this episode, former Prime Minister and IPA Distinguished Fellow, Tony Abbott, and IPA Deputy Executive Director, Daniel Wild, discuss the massacre of 15 innocent Australians at…
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34 min
Will the Liberal Party survive? | Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott S4E21
On this episode, former Prime Minister and Institute of Public Affairs’ Distinguished Fellow, Tony Abbott, and IPA Deputy Executive Director, Daniel Wild, discuss the challenge tha…
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25 min
Net zero is dead | Australia’s Future with Tony Abbott S4E20
Former Prime Minister and Institute of Public Affairs’ Distinguished Fellow, Tony Abbott, and IPA Deputy Executive Director, Daniel Wild, discuss the latest net zero developments w…