Former Australian PM Tony Abbott Praises UAE as Model State for the Wider Middle East
Dubai, December 5, 2016 - Tony Abbott, the 28th Prime Minister of Australia, was guest of honor at the 3rd annual Knowledge Summit, organized by The Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum Foundation and held in the Grand Hyatt Dubai from December 5-7.
Becky Anderson, anchor of CNNs Connect the World with Becky Anderson held a large ranging one-on-one discussion with Mr Abbott as he supplied valuable insights into his time as Prime Minister and the initiatives he made to boost education to Australia's disadvantaged citizens.
" Falling schools are linked directly to the economic earnings degrees of the community," Mr Abbott said. "In homes where education is not valued you see institutions without publications or reading, and no discipline," he said.
" Educational success depends as much on having consistent standards and comprehending the culture as it does on financing," Mr Abbott said. He discovered that during his time as Prime Minister, education in Australia and in lots of other parts of the world remained in a crisis. "It was time to stop using fades and gimmicks and make use of the old traditional approaches of reading, composing and math," he said. "Stop doing what does not work and return to what has benefited years."
Mr Abbott commended the UAE for the high emphasis it positions on education for all its people and for stating 2016 as the Year of Reading.
In closing, Mr Abbott was inquired about his views on the current situation in Europe and the United States concerning refuges and the populist's political movements of Brexit and the political election of Donald Trump as President of the USA.
" The Trump election and Brexit is an indicator that there is a detach between the facility politicians and individuals," he claimed. Asked about the refugee crisis he stated, "Nations have the right to keep their character. Just what is going on in the GCC and UAE is very positive and must be reviewed and made use of as a version in the greater Middle East. People are fleeing many locations in the Middle East, however people are not getting away from Dubai - they are fleeing to it."
"I praise this Knowledge Summit for focusing on advancement of human capital. Always have respect for tradition - but be open to change. Government is a business of give and take, you must move with the times as things change," he concluded.
