Albo Not Knowing The Cash Rate or Unemployment Rate Is Worrying

Trying2SaveABuck on 11/04/2022 - 21:25
Last edited 11/04/2022 - 22:03

https://www.news.com.au/national/federal-election/anthony-al…

how the hell can this guy be the leader of the opposition?

literally the 2 big issues us Australians are facing are employment/under employment and housing costs/cost of living guy doesn't know basic figures that you would expect every MP to know…..

is there no one else!? dead set this guy is worse then Shorten….every time he opens his mouth i think he is a fraud who knows jack all about the job he is going for…

i think i would honestly accept him getting the unemployment rate wrong because the number changes every 1/4 but the cash rate has been at 0.1 percent since November 2020 thats almost 2 years. Albo is trying to be the next PM and he studied finance how the hell could he not know what the cash rate is….

i know this place is a LNP hate fest but considering most people here want love the ALP to win and they 'probably will' but this has to be concerning that this guy is leading the ALP.

for people saying this isnt a big deal - it is actually huge it is a massive gaff and it is something that any MP let alone future PM should know, i think the 'bias' to ALP kind of shines though on OZbargin - i guess will see how things go on May 21

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Comments

  • Mulga Bill on 12/04/2022 - 09:13
    +4

    So do you know the current price of Eneloops? I know I don't, that's why I have Ozbargain as Finance Minister!

  • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 09:19
    +32

    So, let me get OP's priorities right.

    We have Albo, whom made a little gaffe and moved the question to his relevant shadow minister.

    Or we have a Prime Minister who:

    • Was sacked from the last two jobs he had
    • Lost his pre-selection for Cooke resoundingly (the pre-selection winner got 80+ votes to SloMo's ~8)
    • Has MULTIPLE ministers and senior LNP staff going on record to speak out against him.
    • Is extremely good friends with a Senior QAnon Figure
    • Cost Australia $5 BILLION to tear up the sub-contract with France and launch Australia, yet again, onto the world stage as a laughing stock
    • Would not meet the women at the #March4Justice at the front of Parliament but went on to say they are lucky they aren't being met with bullets…..
    • Wants to put every single recipient of government funds (except politicians, of course) on the Indue card. This card cost $10K per recipient, PER YEAR and, yeah - operated by a huge donor to the LNP party. Wow nothing to see here, guys
    • Gave his wife's friend a government-funded $80k salary to provide company to his wife (who has done NOTHING for the Australian public)
    • Announcements out his are but no follow through. Remember the disaster resilience recovery fund? $4B sitting in the bank generating a massive interest income for the LNP to spend, unaccounted for. Barely a dollar spent from that recovery fund. People are still living in tents and caravans from the bushfires in 2019 (remember those? When SloMo fuked off to Hawaii but the PMO pretended he didn't?)

    But you want to focus on Anthony Albanese.

    You are doing Murdoch's work, for free. Good job, mate

    • chichi on 12/04/2022 - 09:24
      +11

      Well that's all true but Albo forgot some numbers!

      • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 09:25
        +3

        We're doomed.

        It's absolutely crazy to me that the list I just popped up there is barely an iota of SloMo's indiscretions. It would be exhausting to try and cover them all - it's quite the grift he's achieved, I am impressed as much as I am infuriated.

      • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 09:42
        +2

        Also, Albo literally faced the press hours later and owned up to this mistake and got hounded for that, too!

        lol you just can't make this stuff up

        • 82norm on 12/04/2022 - 19:38

          He had choice. The guys a dick. We’re doomed if he gets in, may as well open the floodgates to China.

          • ThithLord on 13/04/2022 - 08:17
            +2

            @82norm: Why would we do that?

            Which party has:

            • an official member of the CCP Propaganda unit?
            • Leased one of Australia's largest ports to China for 99 years, resulting in $1.5B being allocated in their budget to build another port because they leased the first (and biggest, best) port to China?
            • allowed the sale of the Port of Newcastle to China
            • allowed the sale of largest baby formula producer to China
            • allowed the sale of A $4b energy company to China?
            • stored Australian Defence Secrets and documentation on Chinese soil?
            • allowed the sale of the largest Dairy and Farming business IN AUSTRALIA that accounts for 1.3% of Australia's landmass?
            • completely ignored our neighbouring Pacific Island Nations at such a detrimental level that they had no other choice but to create a Security-pact between China and Solomon Islands?

            Can you please go on and list Anthony Albanese's snafus with China? Cheers.

    • BewareOfThe Dog on 12/04/2022 - 09:34
      +2

      Everyone deserves a holiday, however, it ended up being unfortunate timing.
      I had a job the store always ran better when the boss was away (I was 2IC - :) ).

      • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 09:41
        +13

        SloMo took 2 holidays within a year and both were overseas (the other holiday was to Fiji) - due to security restrictions after 9/11 (gasp), PM's are expected to take vacations within the country.

        John Howard was the last PM to holiday overseas. Every other PM has holidayed within the country, so as to save MASSIVE $$ for the Aussie tax-payer.

        Sure, everyone deserves some time off.

        Why did the PM's Office lie about it? Why did they say he was en-route back but he didn't arrive until two days after they reported that?

        Here's the timeline:

        December 10th: While in Sydney, Prime Minister Scott Morrison refuses to address the blanket of bushfire smoke covering the city that pushes air quality levels to 11 times above what is considered hazardous. Instead, he uses his planned media conference to address controversial planned amendments to the Racial Discrimination Act. Following that, Morrison becomes trapped in a Commonwealth building for around 30 minutes after bushfire smoke outside becomes so bad that it triggers the building’s fire alarms, shutting down its lifts.

        December 16th: Rumours begin swirling that Morrison has quietly left the country and is holidaying in Hawaii with family. No official press release has been issued by his office, nor has there been any official confirmation that Nationals leader Michael McCormack is the Acting PM of the country.

        December 18th: With Morrison’s whereabouts still unknown, footage of a 2010 appearance on Q&A re-emerges in which Morrison lashes then-Victoria Police Commissioner Christine Nixon for going out to dinner during the Black Saturday bushfires. “She’s clearly made a bad judgement call,” Morrison said at the time.

        December 20th: After four days of speculation, Morrison finally confirms he is, in fact, holidaying in Hawaii during one of Australia’s most disastrous bushfire crises in recent memory. He palms his absence off in a 2GB radio interview by asserting “I don’t hold a hose, mate. I don’t sit in a control room.” The PM’s office issues a statement confirming he is cutting his holiday short and will be returning to Australia “as soon as can be arranged.“

        December 21st: Morrison arrives back in Sydney at approximately 8pm, five full days after the Hawaii story first broke.

        December 22nd: Morrison attends the NSW Rural Fire Service HQ and gives a press conference, during which he excuses the Hawaii trip by claiming parental responsibility, insisting “I am sure Australians are fair-minded, and understand that when you make a promise to your children, you try and keep it.”

        December 23rd: Morrison appears on Sunrise and insists criticism about his secretive Hawaii holiday is merely an issue that “the media has gotten very excited about.”

        January 23rd: Morrison invokes his daughters in defending his Government’s handling of the $100 million Sports Rorts scandal, which has faced accusations of corruption and blatant pork-barrelling. “I’ve got two daughters, I don’t want them changing in the car or out the back of the shed. I want them them to have access to sporting facilities in our community, like the boys do,” he states. Lilli Pilli Football Club, located in Morrison’s own seat of Cook, received $200,000 in funding as part of the program.

        February 28th: Morrison receives a face-to-face pasting from NZ Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern during an extraordinary joint media address at Kirribilli House over the Morrison Government’s policy of deporting any New Zealand-born person who commits a crime in Australia, regardless of how long they’ve lived here. “Do not deport your people and your problems,” Ardern asserts. A smirking Morrison responds in kind, “The Australian Government’s policy is very clear. We deport non-citizens who have committed crimes in Australia against our community.”

        March 13th: On a Friday, Morrison announces a Federal Government directive to “advise against” any non-essential gatherings of over 500 people, but withholds implementing it until the following Monday. At the same time, he declares his intention to attend a Cronulla NRL game in-person on the Saturday. Later in the day, he backflips and pulls out of attending the game, which ultimately attracts a total attendance of 6,325. Between March 13 and March 21, the number of positive coronavirus cases recorded in Australia rises by 441%.

        I mean the timeline goes ooon and ooon but you get my point

        • BewareOfThe Dog on 12/04/2022 - 10:02

          All good. :)
          Lots of coverups as you pointed out, I was aware of. etc

          • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 10:08
            +3

            @BewareOfThe Dog: Absolutely - I was just hoping to dispel the "everyone deserves a holiday" spiel which is not as simple as that

        • GG57 on 12/04/2022 - 10:10
          +2

          Excellent timeline. The only thing missing is perhaps a fast-forward to today, when a lot of those impacted by the bushfires are still waiting for assistance.

          • 82norm on 12/04/2022 - 20:04
            +1

            @GG57: They chose to live those areas, take bloody responsibility. If you can’t get insurance, then don’t live there. Simple as that.

        • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 10:11
          +2

          I got this list from pedestrian.tv btw, forgot to add it

          • BewareOfThe Dog on 12/04/2022 - 10:11

            @ThithLord: I'll have to check the site out. :)

            • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 10:18

              @BewareOfThe Dog: Haha no mate, please don't bother. The timeline was great, but they're owned by Ch9 (Chaired by Peter Costello, ex-LNP).

              Try Independent Australia or go here (click on the "Achievements Of The Coalition Government")

              • BewareOfThe Dog on 12/04/2022 - 11:22
                +2

                @ThithLord: Thank you. I always try and keep an open mind when it comes to politics, but the PM definitly hasn't done himself any favours.

                • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 11:27
                  +2

                  @BewareOfThe Dog: Mate, if you feel you're not greatly informed about Aus Politics, I can say with confidence it is absolutely not your fault. The media landscape in Australia is one of the most concentrated media in the world,

                  They are openly hostile to the Labor party at every turn.

                  Take this thread for instance - we have everyone from Adam Bandt (he detests the ALP) to John Howard saying 'who cares?' regarding Albo's "gaffe", but every news organisation is hyper-focused on it. The ABC ran it as front-page news this morning. The ABC board is stacked with ex-Murdoch hacks, as well as chaired by ex-Murdoch hack Ita Buttrose.

    • Diji on 12/04/2022 - 13:58
      +1

      Or we have a Prime Minister who:

      Don't forget that he forgot the unemployment rate!

    • smartazz104 on 12/04/2022 - 18:46
      +1

      I bet Scomo can't remember half of that? Also, he's the architect of Robodebt. but because only welfare recipients were victims, the regressives (calling them conservatives is nothing but a furphy) don't care.

  • BewareOfThe Dog on 12/04/2022 - 09:33
    +6

    Einstein couldn't remember his own phone number, let alone anyone elses.

  • postform on 12/04/2022 - 09:33
    +6

    Hahahaha my gosh.. people of Australia have short memory. Does anyone know how bad ScoMo is.. he also seems to pretend to say he controls the interest rates when they are completely independent from the government.

    Also.. Albo was asked "how long is your pe*is".. they all just trying to make Albo look bad.. so they can make ScoMo win again. Clearly the propoganda is working on some..

    Here is the sound bite.. https://vm.tiktok.com/ZSdhkjLCN/

    • postform on 12/04/2022 - 14:22

      Just an FYI before people actually think the tiktok is real.. its not.. haha it's a fake haha

  • Windows98 on 12/04/2022 - 09:37
    +8

    He will be elected to lead, not to read.

  • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2022 - 09:41
    +3

    Considering the position we are in, the cash rate is a very important factor. We are either on the brink of a recession/depression or hyperinflation.

    Considering the rate is stated to be going up approx . 2.5 percentage points by the end of next year (that is approx $700 per month extra on a $600,000 mortgage) it’s huge.

    So do we raise rates to ease the inflation and property prices. Taking the fuel out of the economy and risk a recession/depression? Or do we leave it where it is amd continue the current strategy and have $10 bread?

    The USA has recently done a round of quantitative tightening and you can google the results of that.

    Voting on policies that make you feel good are second to this. This is the sort of thing that will have a huge impact on the future of this country. Things will be very very interesting over the next decade.

    • Mrgreenz on 12/04/2022 - 09:49
      +3

      Yes super important to know a figure that is transient and in one year is going to be 25x different than what it currently is.

      Especially when you will have many people (I imagine) who's sole job it will be to analyse and make decisions/reccomendations on the matter.

      • [Deactivated] on 12/04/2022 - 16:27
        +1

        My point is that if he did know the figure, it would portray that he is aware of the leading pressures affecting the country. If he had something smart to say about it he'd at least get my attention. This indicates it will likely be more of the same crap. I'd much rather he knew this than speak to any social policy.

        Regardless, people will vote on what makes them feel good. Most of the talking points that will be publicised are just what people are told to care about because those buzzwords resonate. No surprises there.

        With that said, the "cash rate" talking point is a buzz word that would resonate with a few people (it's just not backed by the corporations etc) - he could have scored some easy points.

  • ribze1 on 12/04/2022 - 09:42
    +10

    90% of Australians wouldn't know it either. Not denying it's not a good look but talk about a media beat up.
    I think better of him for accepting his failure considering ScoMo lies through his teeth, shifts blame and never accepts responsibility.

    "i know this place is a LNP hate fest but considering most people here want love the ALP to win and they 'probably will' but this has to be concerning that this guy is leading the ALP."

    They've been a terrible Gov't, even LNP supporters have turned their backs on them. I can't believe so much support still exists. What happened to the WA Liberals is exactly what this Gov't deserves.

  • Jason Genova on 12/04/2022 - 09:42
    +8

    what about frydenborg forgetting where $60b of jobkeeper money went?

    • Trying2SaveABuck on 12/04/2022 - 09:54
      +6

      mate that was even worse god he is an idiot - i honestly wonder how these blokes end up in power

    • Carmen Sandiego on 12/04/2022 - 09:56
      +5

      It went to the "Car parks for Kooyong" obviously /s

  • anthony t on 12/04/2022 - 09:49
    +4

    These guys are not running for president. We don’t have one. Yet. So far less power. Luckily I say. Read the Monthly from december I think. The power lies with the really big industries/donators. They will actually run the country regardless of who’s in Government. However scotfree must go, even if I were the alternative! He represents all that is toxic with our democracy.

  • Windows98 on 12/04/2022 - 10:14
    +2

    He spent all his time preparing for the price of milk gotcha question. He wasn't prepared for this one.

  • Cluster on 12/04/2022 - 10:24
    +4

    I don't know the unemployment rate (I suspect it's four point something), but I do know the cash rate. Both are pretty important to know for a leader of a country, and arguably more so than the price of bread or milk. But the 'gotcha' question was so early in the campaign that I doubt it's going to make any difference.

    • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 10:28
      +3

      SloMo literally forgot the unemployment rate 2 weeks ago

    • Mrgreenz on 12/04/2022 - 11:10
      +1

      Other than optics, why is it important to know?

      Incase everyone else forgets and they turn to him, to input the digits back in to the cash rate multiplier field in the Goverment_Calcs_Master120422.xlxs

      • gromit on 12/04/2022 - 13:46

        Two of the central points of Labors campaign is employment/under employment and their economic management. Is it critical he knows? probably not, but a bloody bad look when your leader doesn't even know the numbers around what he is claiming he will do better at. I still won't vote for Morrison/Dutton disaster but really it hurts labor credibility.

        • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 14:38

          Everyone knows that the figure is meaningless, so, again - why is it important to know?

          The Liberals fudged the accounting so that if someone works two jobs, that counts as two people being employed.

          Basically meaningless.

          • gromit on 12/04/2022 - 14:45

            @ThithLord: It isn't important to know in reality, however in an election, perception is everything and it is still a bloody awful look and will hurt credibility. Labor need to win over the swing voters, voters looking for a reason to switch to or away from either side, it is cheap ammunition for Morrison and you can guarantee it will feature in Ad campaigns towards election day. Labors best play here is shut the hell up and never say anything not vetted first.

            • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 14:55

              @gromit: But, Gromit, Mr Albanese has had senior LNP members offer their support for his miniscule gaffe. John freaking Howard has come out and said So what? or who cares or w/e. Adam Bandt has come out in support of Mr Howard. Literally no one cares but Murdoch Media, the LNP-whipped ABC, and a few hangeronerers such as the people in this thread.

              Soooo many people are asking why this even matters.

              Aged Care Resident Living Off Powder Potato Mash Mortified Albo Overshot Unemployment Rate By 1%

              • gromit on 12/04/2022 - 15:04

                @ThithLord: And literally NONE of those people matter, the only people that matter is the idiot voters that listen to the Ads and sound bites.

              • smartazz104 on 12/04/2022 - 18:48
                +1

                @ThithLord: Howard has changed his tune, Murdoch probably told him to keep quiet.

  • GG57 on 12/04/2022 - 11:15
    +5

    Not being able to quote an 'unemployment rate' number is irrelevant on a number of counts:
    - someone is considered employed if they are in a paid job for one hour or more in a week. So maybe it’s not that useful a figure
    - the 'real' figure would be obviously much higher, if able to identify all the people that wanted to work more hours/week
    - how to deal with unemployment (and all the other 'measures') is a much better gauge of the worth of a political party

    Same with the 'cash rate' (which some critical 'journalists' also quoted incorrectly).

    I really wish we had some actual journalistic professionals that would ask probing questions, and call out the non-answers or flat out lies, rather than these stenographers we currently have.

    • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 11:31
      +8

      GG57 you forgot to mention that if someone works two jobs, that cancels out someone contributing to the unemployment figure! ie if Joe has no job, but George has two, the government counts that as two employed people. This is the change the LNP made to accounting for jobs, and is why they are a bunch of liars.

      • sardines on 12/04/2022 - 11:54
        +2

        that is completely bonkers - Albo should have pointed this out and said the numbers are a sham and mean nothing, will will fix it.

        • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 11:55
          +3

          There is no way the Media Pack would allow him to explain that answer, mate

  • Caped Baldy on 12/04/2022 - 11:29
    +2

    It's a beat up.

    Most Aussies wouldn't know. Currently 4%, which means 96% are working. I know it's important but it's not something that impacts the majority of people.

    • JimB on 12/04/2022 - 11:46

      Most Aussies wouldn't know what anthracyclines are.

      The general population doesn't need to know as it's not something that impacts the majority of people, but you'll be questioning your oncologist if they didn't know.

      Albo doesn't know basic information required by a competent PM.

      • sardines on 12/04/2022 - 12:00
        +3

        That is a weird way of thinking - I have forgotten specific stats in my job during a presentation that im an expert in (granted its not in a medical field where it could cost lives) but most people will just ask. I have never looked down at a person at work for not knowing something on the spot - you just ask and when you get the answer you integrate it to write procedures/strategies to improve it or keep it at the current levels. I would much rather someone saying they dont know rather than them lie and bullshit me so i no longer trust them and have to double check all their work.

      • Caped Baldy on 12/04/2022 - 15:01
        +2

        Albo doesn't know basic information required by a competent PM.

        He might not know the "basic" info but he's more likely to hold a hose.

      • smartazz104 on 12/04/2022 - 18:49
        +1

        Yet Scomo is PM; Scomo, the man who has failed upwards.

  • JimB on 12/04/2022 - 11:42
    -3

    Was a LNP voter for many years, but not this time.

    Was considering ALP, but after that, sorry. As someone striving to be PM, you need to know this.

    Will be looking at Greens/Independent this time (sorry but not you Katter/Palmer).

    • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 11:50

      We have everyone from Adam Bandt (he detests the ALP) to John Howard saying 'who cares?' regarding Albo's "gaffe", but every news organisation is hyper-focused on it.

      You're acting exactly how the LNP wanted you to, Jim. Mission successful.

      • JimB on 12/04/2022 - 11:53
        -4

        I'll make up my own mind on how to react.

        I wonder what else he's incompetent at. PM is only the most important job in Australia, let's get someone who doesn't know the basics.

        • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 11:56
          +1

          Far out. Whatever, dude

        • Caped Baldy on 12/04/2022 - 15:03
          +3

          let's get someone who doesn't know the basics.

          We've had four years of this. The clown needs his wife and an empathy consultant (paid $200k) to tell him rape and sexual assault are bad.

        • smartazz104 on 12/04/2022 - 18:49
          +1

          Save the faux outrage for someone who cares.

    • GG57 on 12/04/2022 - 11:56
      +5

      As someone striving to be PM, you need to know this.

      I disagree.
      A leader of a country needs to know (in this case) if the unemployment rate (when measured correctly) is in a good place or not.
      A good leader will have a good team to support them, to provide advice and recommendations to the government, on the issues that matter.
      A good leader will allow their team to perform in their roles, and support them.

      Having a good memory is not mandatory. If it were, Morrison's recent gaffe in confusing countries he was referring to should see him voted out just for being an embarrassment.

      • JimB on 12/04/2022 - 12:14
        -1

        That's ok you disagree, feel free to vote for someone incompetent.

        Unfortunately for the country, I don't feel there is any strong competent candidates this year.

    • Diji on 12/04/2022 - 15:27
      +1

      Will be looking at Greens/Independent this time (sorry but not you Katter/Palmer).

      We all know that who becomes PM is down to the two party preferred and not who you put #1 next to, so it doesn't matter if you're "looking at" Greens or independents (I'd argue you should be doing that anyway as part of your due diligence when voting rather than blindly voting Liberal like it's a ritual). End of the day, what matters here is whether Liberal or Labor are higher on that preference list.

      • Chandler on 12/04/2022 - 16:14

        Who you put #1 next to gets electoral funding (if they have enough people put #1 on them). Currently, if you get 4% of first preference votes, you get $2.914 per vote, or $10,656, whichever is the (greater??)

        • Diji on 12/04/2022 - 17:35

          But we're talking about who becomes PM, not who gets paid. Believe me, I would love a system that offers more proportional representation, but it is what it is.

          • Chandler on 13/04/2022 - 10:30
            +1

            @Diji: I understand your comment was with respect to who becomes PM - I'm just trying to dispel misunderstandings in regards to our preference system and that voters don't have to put the two parties in their top 2 preferences on their ballot if they don't want to. (again, I know that's not what you were saying, but saying "it doesn't matter" doesn't help).

            AEC funding is allocated to parties based on #1 preferences, not #2 or any other number, nor the actual results. If independents/minor parties get more #1 preferences, they get more funding.

            There are people that think if they don't put a major in the #1/2 boxes that their vote is "wasted" or may not go where they want.
            Your vote follows your preferences as listed on your ballot all the way from 1 to 100 (the last number depending on the number of candidates inyour electorate). If you vote for Rando-Party and they don't get enough votes to win, your ballot will be allocated to your next preference. Rinse & repeat till your ballot is allocated to the winner (or runner-up). Yes, these last two would typically be the majors, but they don't have to be.

            I'm very curious how much the distribution would change if the entire population understood this concept. The preferencing system is part of the reason why we saw advertising in recent elections telling votes to put X last, because this basically means your vote will not go to that party.

            Another misconception I've see is in regards to "buying preferences". "Buying preferences" is only about buying spots on "how-to-vote" cards and other advertising, not actual ballots. Your vote follows the order on your ballot, nothing more.

  • lysp on 12/04/2022 - 12:01
    +8

    Kon put it way better:

    https://twitter.com/Kon__K/status/1513395068224245769
    Kon Karapanagiotidis: Could a journo ask Morrison if he knows how many refugees have died in detention centres under his watch and what it cost us taxpayers to detain each refugee for 9 years? I would appreciate that. Thank you.

    • 82norm on 13/04/2022 - 14:54
      -1

      Allowing them into the country and being on welfare would have just been just as expensive if not more. Yeah, it maybe cruel, but if it’s a deterrent from more illegal arrivals, so be it.

      Lefties complain about rental, housing shortages, cost of home ownership yet at the same time want refugees allowed in.

      • lysp on 13/04/2022 - 14:57

        Take the Biloela Family.

        For the cost of about a few year's detention, flights, etc the government could have put both parents on a ~100k per year pension until retirement age and still come out ahead.

        The gov spent $6.7M over 18 months detaining them. At 2 x $100k a year, that's 33.5 years.

        I'm not saying to pay them that, just that it's financially cheaper to do that.

        They were previously working and paying taxes.

        Also if that argument is "too leftie" for you - take family and domestic violence and ask how many women have been killed this year from intimate partner or family voiolence.

        • OrangeBJ on 13/04/2022 - 17:58
          -1

          and how much it would cost to pay for thousands of other "Biloela Family" that follow the precedent? If that was $100k pa payment, the number of families might be millions. Would you donate your hard earned money to cover a tiny fraction of the cost?

  • harrywwc on 12/04/2022 - 12:40
    +2

    my biggest concern with that presso with albo, was that he was in Tassie, and when he was asked 'tassie specific' items, he was also unprepared. his minders should have at least given him a briefing on the "local" issues with answers on hand. But yeah, not knowing the cash rate and the unemployment rate at a national level is a pretty bad look.

    even with the question about unemployment - if he'd been briefed properly, he could have responded with something like "well, in the local context of Tasmania, the rate is nearly 4% and on the increase over the past few months, and a Federal Labor government would… {blah} {blah} {blah}."

    • ThithLord on 13/04/2022 - 08:20
      +1

      These are all legitimate concerns. I concur. Finally, someone with some actual real concerns about Mr Albanese. Everyone else just rattles off the LNP talking points!

  • Andrewskates on 12/04/2022 - 12:42
    +9

    Albo not knowing a statistic vs Scomo's long list of questionable choices, poor leadership and terrible policies.

  • Vote for Pedro on 12/04/2022 - 12:42
    +13

    As opposed to the bloke that:

    a) doesn’t hold a hose
    b) thinks it’s not a race to get vaccines
    c) is a liar, according to his own party and the french president
    d) gave us the biggest debt in history
    e) shat himself at engadine maccas

    • tryagain on 12/04/2022 - 23:22

      a) doesn’t hold a hose

      So you liked Abbott because he does?

      • ThithLord on 13/04/2022 - 08:21

        Hell yeah. At least Mr Abbott performed a Civic Duty (at times), but that's the only positive about him

      • Vote for Pedro on 13/04/2022 - 08:21

        I didn’t like him. At least he stood for something.

        It’s kinda like MuRicA. Dubbya Bush comes across like a statesman when compared to Trump.

  • axlfan on 12/04/2022 - 12:46

    The incumbent knows it but is there any use from it? No.

    Southpark says it best - The choice is always been a douche and a turd sandwich. If think either is better, we are only kidding ourselves.

  • Gordon61B on 12/04/2022 - 12:54
    +1

    Here's a handy insight into the LNP's golden boy. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aIGKCkS01EA

  • Odin on 12/04/2022 - 13:20
    +7

    "So what?"

    The unemployment rate is complete bunk anyway. It counts people doing 1 hr a week as "employed". It's a joke what the liberals have done. They've screwed with the measuring of statistics to paint themselves as some economic geniuses but they've TRIPLED debt! They gave billions to big business instead of to the public during a recession, oh yeah, they caused the first Australian recession in decades, they're ruining the public health system, and the public schools system. They refuse to invest in renewable energy even though it will make the country BILLIONS of dollars. They destroyed the NBN putting Australia decades behind in terms of national infrastructure.

    That's just their policies, now what about the people:

    You've got a narcicist who can't stop smirking as PM - who has failed his whole life but never taken responsibility, has backstabbed everyone and is hated by everyone (even Gladys said he was a "psycho"). Is friends with a Pedo protector. (profanity) off on Holidays TWICE during national disasters. Forces (assaults) people with handshakes because of his nutjub religious belief where he thinks "laying hands" on people heals them somehow…. the list goes on.

    Then the staffers masturbating on MPs desks….

    You've got liberal MPs bringing prostitutes into parliament house (look up "Prayer room parliament house" for details)

    There is literally ONE reason the Liberals are in power - the media. The media have near complete control over the public and enough of the general public are too trusting of the media. The way EVERY SINGLE MEDIA OUTLET behaves is unbelievable - YES, including the ABC. The ABC absolutely fawn over the LNP - Leigh Sales might as well be sucking the PMs dick the way she questions him compared to how she questions Labor politicians.

    It is comical how corrupt our government is, and it is comical how (profanity) our media is.

    • ThithLord on 12/04/2022 - 14:08
      +1

      They've screwed with the measuring of statistics to paint themselves as some economic geniuses but they've TRIPLED debt!

      Great comment mate but just FYI, I've highlighted your sentence because it isn't quite the truth - the measurement stacks up internationally (it's how they measure un-employment). What the LNP did is fudge it so that one person working two jobs (even if it's an hour at each job!!) counts as two people employed! Neat, huh?

  • techlead on 12/04/2022 - 13:25
    +4

    I will take Albo not remembering two specific numbers over ScoMo any day. If it’s required, I’m sure one of his advisors will tell him or he can look it up in two seconds.

    What is more worrying is the Coalition’s either lack of policies or very bad policies. Why isn’t people slamming ScoMo for suggesting that for people struggling with rent, they should just buy a house? How is that a solution at all? That is more worrying for me, it shows either incompetence or a complete lack of understanding of the economic conditions faced by many Australians.

  • nedski on 12/04/2022 - 13:32
    +6

    Oh my god, you are so outraged that you had to post on the internet about this. What a waste of everyones time.

    Im sure you ran to post everytime that Scott Morrison stuffed up something. Can you save me having to search for a post you put up where he couldnt tell you the cost of bread or milk? Thats what people care more about because if they are homeless or living in rental accomodation, they want to be able to afford food for their table, not know how much more their mortgage on their third investment property is going to increase by.

  • Munki on 12/04/2022 - 13:52
    +4

    So they haven't got anything else on Albo and this is the best they could muster up? Well then you know he's doing something right.

    • GG57 on 12/04/2022 - 13:59
      +6

      BREAKING: Apparently Albo is wearing the same (or very similar) necktie again today.

      • Munki on 12/04/2022 - 14:00
        +5

        The scandal! HE'LL BE NO PRIME MINISTER OF MINE.

    • Caped Baldy on 12/04/2022 - 15:09
      +1

      There was a terrible map of where Albo and Slomo grew up. According to smh, Camperdown is east of the CBD…

      https://old.reddit.com/r/sydney/comments/u0exhn/smh_doesnt_k…

      • techlead on 12/04/2022 - 20:05

        Aren't houses where "Camperdown" is marked like on average $10 mil? Looks like good harbor views there. With just a cursory glance, I can tell Albo didn't grow up there, either that or he was telling fibs about the hardships he had to endure going up.

        • Munki on 13/04/2022 - 09:34

          Not when he was growing up…

    • jv on 12/04/2022 - 16:58

      So they haven't got anything else on Albo and this is the best they could muster up?

      No mustering, he did it all by himself…

      Went into hiding though a couple of weeks back when bullying by members of his party contributed to Kimberley Kitching's death…

      • Caped Baldy on 12/04/2022 - 17:40

        ScoMo used up all the budget for empathy consultants.

      • smartazz104 on 12/04/2022 - 18:50
        +1

        Don't listen to this guy, he probably watches Sky "News" unironically.

      • ThithLord on 13/04/2022 - 08:23

        On the one hand we've got the Kitching allegations that are lacking any substance and lacking any specifics, or we've got multiple stories full of specific information and specific allegations of entrenched bullying as well as highly unethical conduct regarding the LNP and Scott Morrison, worthy of rigorous investigation.

        But you're hung up on the former

        Good work, Murdoch lackey. And you do this for free?

  • AlanHB on 12/04/2022 - 14:06
    +5

    It really comes down to how much importance you place on the leader of the country being able to recall random percentages and figures off the top of their heads. If this is the most important quality in a leader to you, then go for the guy who knows more figures.

    Or maybe being the leader and all he has other people to know those figures, like the Employment Minister or their staff.

  • lazarski on 12/04/2022 - 14:18
    +6

    Scomo knew it, but then his actions don't take it into account or betray it.

    The liberals throw away billions. (NEVER ADMIT ANY MISTAKE)

    Albo forgets a single number.(ADMIT MISTAKE) everyone piles on and freaks out

    How is it a big deal, he can just ask or look it up, takes one second, who remembers numbers anymore?

    • jv on 12/04/2022 - 16:59
      -1

      The liberals throw away billions. (NEVER ADMIT ANY MISTAKE)

      Since when is Dan Andrews part of the liberals ?

      • ThithLord on 13/04/2022 - 08:24
        +1

        lol so quickly to forget the French Submarine deal that cost us $5B, JV? Would you be so forgiving were it a Labor PM who fudged this up?

        Or, y'know, the $60B miscalculation from the TREASURER regarding Job-keeper? Or the $30B in corporate welfare sent to companies turning a profit?

    • jv on 12/04/2022 - 17:00

      Albo forgets a single number.(ADMIT MISTAKE)

      Forgetting or Not Knowing is not the same as making a mistake.

      A mistake is a mistake, but incompetence is something else…

    • jv on 12/04/2022 - 17:02

      How is it a big deal

      It shows he is either forgetful, can't focus, doesn't pay attention, or is just dumb.

      Take your pick…

      • SBOB on 12/04/2022 - 17:49
        +1

        JV turning up the liberal party spruking to 11…….

        • smartazz104 on 12/04/2022 - 18:51
          +5

          Too bad for him, no one actually takes him seriously.

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