The Liberal Party president criticised a “laissez-faire” approach to multiculturalism, saying it had let some maintain “their old thinking and their old identity”.

Speaking in Washington, former prime minister and new party president Tony Abbott said he thought the Liberal Party had “quite a long way to go” if the polls are to be believed.

The Liberal Party president criticised a “laissez-faire” approach to multiculturalism, saying it had let some maintain “their old thinking and their old identity”.