Unfortunately, some of Abbott's rhetoric regarding Muslim community leaders, fears about the potentially broad reach of the new counter-terrorism legislation, and poor consultation when passing it, has harmed the prospects for effective cooperation.
Imagine, alongside the inevitable high jinks and hold-ups of the holidays, carrying out a comprehensive consultation about passing responsibility for dialysis services from NHS England to CCGs (regional groups of GPs) by 9 January.
At the conclusion of the consultation the GP filled out their side of the post-consultation form and passed it to the patient, who left the consultation, filled in the PEI section, and sealed both forms in the provided envelope for return to the researchers or practice reception.
That judgment was passed in consultation with tribal elders in Khyber agency, which lies between the frontier city of Peshawar and the border with Afghanistan.
"It is extraordinary that two weeks have passed and no consultation paper has emerged, no timetable has been given and the government has gone quiet," he said.
He has since told BBC Wales he was asked to comment on laws being passed without proper consultation, or without the policy being in a party manifesto.
Peter Konya, leader of the Hungarian Solidarity Movement, welcomed what he called "the long absent co-operation between civil groups and parties of the democratic opposition".Gabor Ivanyi, a Methodist pastor, told the crowd that "There is no truth where laws are passed forcefully, without consultations, where people live in fear and where people are not equal".
His government has drafted and passed bills without public consultation.
Legislation passed in 2012, after full consultation with the judiciary, reintroduced automatic credit for time on remand and the problem went away.
"[The referendum plan] was passed with little to no consultation with the LGBT community in Bermuda, even though it only affects LGBT Bermudians and their partners," Hartnett-Beasley said.
