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thank you for coming out today. i'm walter lowman, director of the asian study center here at the heritage foundation. i know you are all here to see tony abbott, former prime minister of australia. as you know he was prime minister 2013 to 2015. and later of the local party in australia for a little longer than that since 2009. that's literal in the good sense of the word here at the heritage found case, the conservative party in australia. all in all, he was 25 years in harlment representing the district on the outskirts of sydney. up until just last year. but besides all his bio, ...

That it was giving too much power to the president. Do you agree with that . What is your view of this . I have mixed feelings. Youre talking about the authority that is given for the trade agreements. And what is the tpa, the actual acronym trade promotional authority. Trade promotional authority. There is an argument to be made by some on the separation of powers that by giving this authority to the president that youve taken power that should be the congress. There is also i guess, another argument that these are really treaties and they ought to be actually done as treaties and theyre not,...

experiment in self governance in human history built on the responsibility of the individual, yet with a kmun therien impulse not from government but from civil society and philanthropy and faith-based people who just wish to do good. and that belief that it doesn't matter where you came from, it matters where you're going, has given america a narrative, but it is not a narrative of grievement and class conflict and entitlement. it is not a destructive narrative that somehow finds fault for your challenges in someone else's success. it is indeed a narrative that says i may not be abl...