‘Absolutely terrible government’: Abbott vows party renewal as new president

Tony Abbott has vowed the Liberal Party’s strong Coalition with the Nationals is the government Australia “so desperately needs” right now.

The former prime minister was unopposed when he was elected the party’s new president last week with the Coalition’s primary vote plunging to 20 per cent, behind One Nation and Labor, according to latest polls.

But Abbott told Today his return to politics is what Liberal leader, Angus Taylor, needs to turn things around.

“Our party has been at a low ebb, but I think I can help persuade the Australian people that we are fair dinkum about abolishing net zero, scrapping the toxic taxes and ending mass migration because the last government to do any of that was actually mine,” he said.

“It’s so important that we persuade people the only way to make things better is to have a government that is actually capable of making a difference.

“My job is to ensure that as far as is humanly possible, all of us are focused on getting rid of an absolutely terrible government, the worst government in living memory.”

Watch the full interview with Tony Abbott in the video above