According to past politicians (Scott Despoja I think), Labour and Liberals and the minor party members  used to socialise together outside of work hours.

Wether it was a beer or dinner or outside interests, these people did at one stage get along.

Then all at once it stopped when one party brought in  someone from overseas to organise the party and who  decided that politics was war.

If they cannot act civilised, they cannot set a good enough example for the parties followers to act civilised towards each other.

I sometimes watch Q and A because it's great to politicians from all sides get put on the spot and have to talk their way out, verry rarely does a member from each side talk respectfully to the other for the whole show.

Tony Abbott was invited for next weeks show  to sit down with Rudd and has declined, hopefully he decides to and both of them can freestyle their way through the audiences questions.