Abbott praises US for its race relations

THE US has bested Australia in overcoming historical racism by putting Barack Obama in the White House, Tony Abbott says.

The opposition leader came straight from the Top End, where he'd flagged a more engaged relationship with indigenous Australians and underscored his belief in constitutional recognition of Australia's first peoples, to address a diplomatic function in Sydney on Saturday night.

Mr Abbott told the Australian American Leadership Dialogue gala dinner that, like the US, Australia had tried to live by the ethos of treating others as they would be treated, but had not always succeeded.

"For all the difficult history ... you have got this so much more right than we have over the years," he said.

"Whatever I might think of the politics of President Obama, the fact that America elected him five years or so back is proof positive that in that great democracy, in that shining city on a hill, the content of a man's character counts for far more than the colour of his skin."

The night offered a breath of bipartisanship after six days of election campaigning, with former Labor leader Kim Beazley, Home Affairs Minister Jason Clare and Foreign Affairs Minister Bob Carr sharing a stage - and a couple of hugs - with shadow immigration minister Scott Morrison and deputy Liberal leader Julie Bishop.

"I'm happy to give (Mr Clare) a hug because if you ask the Daily Telegraph, he's the third most sexy man in Australian politics," Mr Morrison joked.

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