They were both Liberal prime ministers who rode in on large majorities , but no one would say Malcolm Fraser and Tony Abbott saw eye-to-eye at the end . In his final months , the late former prime minister had no qualms about telling the world just what he thought about the nation 's current leader . Mr Fraser this year posted a series of angry messages to his Twitter account where he was scathing of Mr Abbott 's administration . In one message , critical of the government 's treatment of Human Rights Commission president Gillian Triggs , Mr Fraser said the Prime Minister was 'behaving like a dictator ' . He added : 'get rid ( of ) Abbott ' . Scroll down for video . Passed on : Malcolm Fraser , the nation 's 22nd prime minister from 1975 to 1983 , was unimpressed with various aspects of Tony Abbott 's administration . The former Liberal shifted considerably to the left during his time in power . Target : Mr Fraser was no fan of Mr Abbott 's administration , regularly flaying him in tweets this year . In a statement on Friday afternoon , Mr Abbott was generous in his remarks about the 22nd prime minister , praising his work in establishing Australian institutions such as the Federal Police . 'Abbott dangerous to harmony , peace , a destroyer of wisdom ' : Mr Fraser was very critical of Mr Abbott , posting links to foreign news outlets and adding his own criticsms . 'No idea of what a nation should be ' : Mr Fraser was never afraid to stand up for what he believed . At various other points , he said the government 'has no idea of what a nation should be ' and that Mr Abbott was 'dangerous to harmony , peace , a destroyer of wisdom ' . In February , he remarked that Mr Abbott was steering his party 'backwards ' and appeared particularly upset with the prime minister 's latest thoughts about Islam . He posted a link to an Al Jazeera article titled 'Tony Abbott 's unambiguous anti-Muslim bigotry ' and added that someone had said to him it was 'reminiscent of 1930s Germany ' , the period before Hitler rose to power . In a statement on Friday afternoon , Mr Abbott was respectful in his remarks about the 22nd prime minister , praising his work in establishing Australian institutions such as the Federal Police . He said today was particularly sad day for those who had followed Mr Fraser 's efforts to stop a 'bad government ' in 1975 . Mr Fraser 's politics shifted after he left Parliament , with him resigning from the Liberal party in 2010 . Malcolm Fraser , pictured here at the White House as Prime Minister in 1980 , left Australia bitterly divided after catapulting to office off the back of a constitutional crisis . Prime Minister Fraser was deeply unpopular with many of the left wing - particularly after the 1975 Dismissal of Gough Whitlam . Mr Abbott said he had sought Mr Fraser 's wisdom in long conversations as recently as last year - but the two disagreed on several issues . ' I had quite a number of long talks with him since then , most recently late last year , ' Mr Abbott told reporters . ' I did n't always agree with all of his positions . In fact , I often disagreed with his positions . 'But I always appreciated his insights and the wisdom born of long experience . ' In an interview with The Australian in 2013 , Mr Fraser said he had 'never had any cross words with Tony Abbott ' . But there was a catch . ' I suppose I 've said some fairly harsh things about some of his attitudes on turning the boats back . '
The late Malcolm Fraser posted a series of furious tweets about Tony Abbott this year . He said Mr Abbott was 'behaving like a dictator ' in his treatment of the head of the Human Rights Commission . Mr Abbott today described him as a 'fierce patriot ' - who he did not always see eye-to-eye with . A man has been charged over an alleged attack on two police officers outside Parliament House during last year's federal election.