I think there's a new element, which is that we're living in a world which is really volatile, where there is a great deal of turbulence and some of the old certainties that commanded global trade and global activity has disappeared.
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We can have differences. They should be debated out in a democracy, but they shouldn't be the subject of personal rancour and the calling into people's motivation where it's not appropriate to do so.
I don't want to see a political system in which you can't have conversations with people at the supermarket, in the street, at street meetings, public forums — that's an important part of our democracy.
The temperature has undoubtedly been increased. Not just here in Australia, of course. We've seen incidents internationally as well.
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