#albopm — Public Fediverse posts
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@eddyjokovich
Strongly agree, #AlboPM needs to change strategy and tap into electorate anger issue. He ought to forget (not focus on) the Greens and PHON and just out-manoeuver them with a few truly progressive pieces of legislation (Poss with the Greens and other crossbenchers).A point of contention. It is all well and good to express an opinion on the benefit (or otherwise) of #AUKUS, but to say that the #UK is rejigging the deal without providing any evidence to back it up (whatever it might be) I think puts Journalism back a step into ill-repute.
Enjoying your podcasts…
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@eddyjokovich
Strongly agree, #AlboPM needs to change strategy and tap into electorate anger issue. He ought to forget (not focus on) the Greens and PHON and just out-manoeuver them with a few truly progressive pieces of legislation (Poss with the Greens and other crossbenchers).A point of contention. It is all well and good to express an opinion on the benefit (or otherwise) of #AUKUS, but to say that the #UK is rejigging the deal without providing any evidence to back it up (whatever it might be) I think puts Journalism back a step into ill-repute.
Enjoying your podcasts…
Ray -
@eddyjokovich
Strongly agree, #AlboPM needs to change strategy and tap into electorate anger issue. He ought to forget (not focus on) the Greens and PHON and just out-manoeuver them with a few truly progressive pieces of legislation (Poss with the Greens and other crossbenchers).A point of contention. It is all well and good to express an opinion on the benefit (or otherwise) of #AUKUS, but to say that the #UK is rejigging the deal without providing any evidence to back it up (whatever it might be) I think puts Journalism back a step into ill-repute.
Enjoying your podcasts…
Ray -
@eddyjokovich
Strongly agree, #AlboPM needs to change strategy and tap into electorate anger issue. He ought to forget (not focus on) the Greens and PHON and just out-manoeuver them with a few truly progressive pieces of legislation (Poss with the Greens and other crossbenchers).A point of contention. It is all well and good to express an opinion on the benefit (or otherwise) of #AUKUS, but to say that the #UK is rejigging the deal without providing any evidence to back it up (whatever it might be) I think puts Journalism back a step into ill-repute.
Enjoying your podcasts…
Ray -
@eddyjokovich
Strongly agree, #AlboPM needs to change strategy and tap into electorate anger issue. He ought to forget (not focus on) the Greens and PHON and just out-manoeuver them with a few truly progressive pieces of legislation (Poss with the Greens and other crossbenchers).A point of contention. It is all well and good to express an opinion on the benefit (or otherwise) of #AUKUS, but to say that the #UK is rejigging the deal without providing any evidence to back it up (whatever it might be) I think puts Journalism back a step into ill-repute.
Enjoying your podcasts…
Ray -
I’m unsure that Amy Remeikis’ description of the #Labor party’s strategic thinking in the recent by-election is 100% on point;
“That Labor chose a staffer-turned-gas lobbyist as its candidate in Secret Harbour showed more than any focus group that the government has not realised where the public is at.
Labor followed its old model of choosing candidates, because that’s how it is done. It forgets that the public is not as obsessed with the gas industry as it is – it assumes that, because it supports gas, the public does and being connected with the gas industry is enough to convince people the candidate is sensible. This was the same arrogance that saw Labor parachute Kristina Keneally into the seat of Fowler in 2019, only to see the backlash as an anomaly and not a shifting tide.”
Still, AMy’s article presents an arguably valid analysis. The fact remains that domestically, our federal govt is either ignoring or failing to read the room (I’ve said that much before in my political toots). I predict that this lacuna will be #AlboPM’s undoing as a leader of the #PartyWhichHasLostItsWay.
The Q. is, if I read Amy’s article correctly, why is #AlboPM selectively blind to majority public opinion on domestic issues where he can exert the most control as opposed to international affairs. Might he be looking to gain international recognition… in venal pursuit of a personal *legacy*?
#AusPol #ForeignAffairs #PacificNations #ByElections #PHON #Labor #FossilFuelLobby #China
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Well. The writer #DavidArmstrong is correct, that didn’t make any waves in the press here in Australia (not a good thing IMO). So why not? The Kylie thing was big, very big, so much so that #AlboPM apologised for it. Yet:
“When Anthony Albanese confessed in a podcast he would like to spend some very private time with Kylie Minogue, the public and political reaction was a swift, strong negative. Albanese apologised.
But in the same podcast, looking to please his host, comedian Nikki Osborne, Albanese made a joke at the expense of Japanese Prime Minister Sanae Takaichi.
He recalled that when Takaichi visited Australia in May, she had brought melons as a gift. Osborne made a crack about Pamela Anderson and Albanese grinned, cupped his hands in front of his chest, and said: “She brought two. As you do.”
Albanese mocked the first female prime minister in Japanese history and leader of Australia’s closest security partner in Asia. He did not apologise.
The disparity struck Japanese journalist and academic Waka Ikeda. “An Australian pop star’s dignity commanded a national conversation; a Japanese prime minister’s didn’t,” Ikeda said.
Takaichi’s gift, she said in a column in The Japan Times, had been chosen with diplomatic care – Crown Melons from Shizuoka (the Mount Fuji region), the most prized fruit in Japan.
“In Japan, a single Crown Melon can cost more than a fine bottle of wine,” she said. “Its perfection, based on the Japanese artisan spirit of takumi, is what you bring when you wish to honour someone.”
Ikeda said that what happened after the podcast was the real story – because almost nothing happened. Albanese had never spoken about the Takaichi joke; the Minister for Women, Katy Gallagher, had remained silent, and then-Victorian premier Jacinta Allan had brushed it aside as lighthearted.
Ikeda recalled that when Allan had been called a witch, Albanese had said it was “completely unacceptable to demean, objectify, belittle or offend women”.
Japan had also declined to comment. “Japan needs Australia on trade and security,” Ikeda said. “[T]he first female prime minister, fighting Beijing, cannot afford a quarrel over her own chest.
“[Takaichi’s] dignity was weighted against the alliance and found lighter.” (Source: https://johnmenadue.com/post/2026/08/instagram-generations-win-japans-security-drive-and-albos-undiplomatic-insult-asian-media-report/ )
Not only is our PM a political lightweight in the eyes of this tooter (for his lack of gumption on progressive legislation), but he is showing himself to be quite disrespectful of women generally. Not the kind of ‘man’ I wish to represent me, not in the least.
R.E.S.P.E.C.T. Please….
##AusPol #Takaichi #Japan #ForeignAffairs #WomensAgenda
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It doesn’t look like the Victorian Parliamentary Labor Causus was opposed to Allen’s legislative agenda as much as it was unconvinced Labor could win the coming election under her leadership. It might mean that Allen has burned through too much political trust with the electorates of Victoria and that the Party needs a new ‘face’ with an agenda that addresses Allen’s electoral shortcomings… Accountabilty, Transparency and action on corruption allegations.
IMO there is are lessons here for #AlboPM and #2028Elections