iHR Australia’s Managing Director, Stephen Bell was invited to comment on former prime minister Tony Abbott’s first appearance as a backbencher in a BBC News article on 12 October 2015:

“He’s in a decision-making phase right now – anyone who gets demoted, whether it’s in sport or in business, would go through this process. There could be feelings of self-doubt, perhaps even feelings of fear about the future and what it might bring.”

To read the full article, please visit: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-australia-34503468

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