How very reassuring

Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese addressed the nation tonight to talk about the fuel crisis. All television networks covered it live, in prime time. In the end, Albanese didn't really say anything to allay anxieties about impending rationing or shortages. 

All he did was call for calm. What a let down. There was no information given about what his government is doing to manage the crisis. Why did he bother?

Where's the authoritarian?

From Gerard Henderson's Media Watchdog blog, a commentary of the week's news. And so it came to pass that Australian Prime Minister, Anthony Albanese, made his first official visit to the White House to meet President Donald Trump. Somewhat predictably, news commentators such as Peter Hartcher, ran with the line that Trump is an authoritarian, and this a few days after the No Kings rallies across the United States:

"...Trump doesn’t believe in democracy. What we see here is an authoritarian leader trying to consolidate power as an authoritarian..."

As Henderson rightly points out,  Hartcher sounded like an American leftist running a “No Kings” message – despite the fact that the Trump administration cannot get its budget through the United States Congress. A real King would have no such problem.

https://thesydneyinstitute.com.au/blog/issue-751/