Australia's politics: pragmatism vs populism
By Michelle Grattan
The Conversation
Topic: Federal Government
Anthony Albanese faces a big crisis as prime minister.
The government and opposition have different ideas.
The opposition wants to cut fuel taxes, but economists disagree.
The opposition thinks this will be popular.
The government and opposition discussed changing the parliament size.
The prime minister wants to make big changes.
The Nationals leader changed and now opposes the parliament size change.
The Nationals and opposition attacked the plan, and the prime minister stopped it.
The prime minister made a big decision without his minister's input.
The ministers are calm and not angry with the prime minister.
The prime minister is being careful with the crisis.
The prime minister changed his approach to the fuel crisis.
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The prime minister has a plan to deal with the crisis.
The prime minister wants to communicate with the public.
The prime minister gave a speech to reassure the public.
The prime minister is trying to avoid scary words like 'rationing'.
The crisis is not like COVID, which was about life and death.
Australia handled COVID well, but people are still unhappy.
The prime minister gave another speech to explain his plans.
The treasurer wants to use the budget for tax reform.
The prime minister says the budget will be important and ambitious.
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The prime minister says economic reform is necessary and urgent.
The budget will be judged on its ability to drive growth.
The government needs a plan for fuel security.
Australia's fuel supply is not strong, and the government should act.
The government should have a comprehensive fuel plan.
Michelle Grattan is a professor and chief political correspondent.
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