John Anderson served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia for 6 years between 1999 and 2005 under John Howard.
We hope you enjoy this Conversations series where John is joined by some of the world's foremost thought leaders to examine in detail the social, cultural and political landscape we live in today.
Proper robust dialogue is necessary if we are to continue to be a successful society.
As John says: "You cannot get good public policy out of a bad public debate."
