From #Scomo to #Slowmo

Albanese is wasting time, missing a once-in-a-generation opportunity to lead

This is part of an accidental series trying to understand why people might be dissatisfied with the new government, even as they breathe a sigh of relief Labor are in power.

The other pieces are linked at the end.

You can give the Albanese Government the credit it deserves without falling into the trap their self-serving “be patient” narrative.

The story Labor has worked hard to make define their approach to government is that slow-and-steady wins the race. As Paul Bongiorno puts it in a piece about their first year in power, “The prime minister is confident it has been a year that has established in voters’ minds the character of his government as responsible, measured and very busy.”

On the first anniversary of the Albanese Government, the public sphere is filled with condescending claptrap from the prime minister about his own political genius, his courage, his steady-as-she goes heroics, all tied up nicely on his behalf by journalists giving him way more leeway than their job descri…