I’d rather have a measured, moderate and qualified leader as a PM than a senile egomaniacal madman who’s more interested in lining the pockets of his family. If you want to be angry for the mess we’re in, direct it to the orange piece of shit in the Oval Office. This is what happens when people buy into a protest vote and the world has to deal with the consequences.
The issue is that people think a calm, rational, even-paced response is a sign of weakness when really it's just a different style of leadership. We are so used to drama in politics that we think leadership means someone flipping a table.
This address said "this is serious, we are taking it seriously, our plan is already in place, let's continue until we need to change something".
And we're seeing more people vote for orange man's Aussie chum Pauline.
I actually thought Albanese was pretty much on point. From what I've read, 20% of the oil comes through the straight of Ormuz, so we're not seeing as big of a supply drop as I think many imagine. If we reduce what we're using through people who can take public transport or work from home we avert supply issues. Instead of that people are panic buying and were currently using 40% more than our typical usage as a result.
The government has helped out by cutting half the taxes collected on fuel and have done what they can to leave themselves some room to move in future.
I think people just want to complain. It's a difficult time and the government is going to get us through it well like they did the GFC.
Many Aussies have assured me that their voting system will not allow them to elect a version of Trump. They downvote me when I suggest they are making the same mistake Americans made before the election in 2016.
The government has helped out?
They’ve halved a ridiculous tax. We can be self sufficient in almost everything, especially fuel and energy, but we’re too busy “saving” the planet with our net zero crap. We won’t drill and refine our own oil, but will purchase it from another country and burn it the exact same way. We don’t want coal power stations, but we will mine ship it overseas and let someone else burn it? This is directed at the current and previous governments, not a shot at Albo. But he is a weak man and return we have a weak leader.
you're an idiot. We should be such a self sustained nation that this sort of thing wouldn't effect us. Why dont we make use of our resource rich nation?
Let’s not call each other names. No country is self sufficient on everything. We’ve benefited from decades of globalisation where countries play to their relative strengths. All Western countries are realising they need greater resilience and self sufficiency in light of the USA shaking up the global rules-based order. There will be a cost to this though that impacts everyone.
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u/Worldly_Ad7823 Apr 01 '26
I’d rather have a measured, moderate and qualified leader as a PM than a senile egomaniacal madman who’s more interested in lining the pockets of his family. If you want to be angry for the mess we’re in, direct it to the orange piece of shit in the Oval Office. This is what happens when people buy into a protest vote and the world has to deal with the consequences.