Each of these was a stupid and avoidable mistake. Together, they looked terrible, and Albanese deserved sharp criticism for his lack of campaign preparedness. But how can you determine the import of each for an actual Albanese government? This depends entirely on speculation.
Morrison, in his attacks right now, has two advantages. The first is that he has one clear attack. The second is that this attack plays to the media’s preference. The perverse difficulty for Labor is that the various government failings last week offered confirmation, not revelation.
Most troubling for Labor is that voters’ ignorance of its policies has left Albanese vulnerable to the government’s message he is negative. This may be what stopped Labor attacking as hard as it needed to last week. It is clearly caught between the many things it feels it should do: introduce Albanese, announce policy, attack hard but avoid seeming carping.Only so much can be achieved by either side in the five weeks that remain.
Some sharp choices will be necessary: a discarding of superfluous elements. Campaigns often resist change, worried about the message of panic it might send. The truth is most people will not notice. It is never too late to shift strategy, and there is no shame in it – certainly less than in heading to avoidable loss. Still, to make changes in the middle of a national campaign demands imagination, agility, self-belief and iron will. Whether Albanese has these we are about to find out.
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They need to start by not telling lies and not adopting a baseless scare campaign.
He's weak on some things that need more attention. Throwing ideas/money at every1 without knowing where it will come from lacks the know-how of an experienced business man. Heartfelt person but doesn't know where to draw the line to sustain future input/can't say no when required
for 3 yrs Albo has been coy skirting the policies n basking at Scotty's bungles But now Albo has no clothes He is a fraud without vision Articulate communication would help but he is lacking Just tragic AlboMP
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