Nice piece Nick. I second everything you have written. I would be less kind though. Wong has been absolutely disgraceful beyond the ability of words to describe her treachery and sycophantic spin. Albanese, like Scomo and Dutton on the right, has now sown the seeds for Labour’s future implosion. As for Marles, that walking talking americophile is a straight up idiot. He needs to call Angus Taylor and tell him he would like to swap sides. He is a liberal in drag, a conservative to his bootstraps. As for the history books and all Australians, Albanese’s government has deeply insulted and embarrassed all of us, and that is how his government will be remembered.
So true , re Marles , who has always fitted more as a Liberal Party MP , and completes with “Well done Angus” in the Waste of Space category . We are grievously ill-served by this excuse for a government . ( As for Wong , words fail me 🤢🤮)
I have lost hope of Labor returning to the spirit of Gough Whitlam's government. I have now joined the Greens. I would encourage anybody who cares for Australia to do the same. A Party for the People can be built and win. IT'S TIME!
The legacy of Albanese and Wong, and through them the Australian Labor Party, is now set in stone. There is no reversing the damage, or the historical record. This is their forever legacy. How they sleep at night, only they know. But if they sleep under the illusion that they did what they did - or more accurately didn't do what they didn't do - due to some real politik national interest calculation in my/our name, may we all do everything we can to disabuse them of that notion. Today, tomorrow, in their retirement, and in their dying days. May their consciences never rest.
I think I knew and felt most of that but thanks for putting it into your narrative of shame for our government to read. Oh no, despite being "deeply concerned" Penny and the crew will follow Albo's line of smarmy Ally appeasement. Of course they will.
Roll on the High Court's decisions re protests and the rise of the minor parties and Independents. Do we have to wait until the next elections for any real decision making??
Thanks Nick - I'm just back from Shanghai and the strange quiessence of Australia strikes me even more. The question is - why? Why so craven? Unless Mossad is running compromat on the ALP front bench.
Disturbingly correct in every detail . Thank you for this much -needed post . The grovelling of this Albanese government to every order and demand from America and Israel is a betrayal of leadership , democracy , and sovereignty. Albanese might be a back room mover and shaker , but he is no leader and shames this country . What kind of person can happily look away
while countless children and civilians are being slaughtered , maimed and bombed to smithereens ? The Foreign Minister is an equal disgrace on this matter .
Thanks Nick. If only we could have a tiny skerrick of courage from our leader. I fear that he sold his soul to Marles as part if a factional deal to our country's detriment. History won't be kind.
Thanks Nick - many thanks for again pulling the curtain back.
The continued failure of Albanese to offer meaningful criticism of decisions being made by US and Israel is painful to observe - it’s gone way beyond embarrassing.
But all is not lost, Captain Mainwaring has travelled far and wide to wrangle some photo ops in Singapore and Brunei to assure Australians he’s on the case!
I agree with all that Nick laid out in this article and am personally disgusted, ashamed with the unconscionable Albanese government particularly it's senior Ministers who have turned our nation into a supporter, complicit with an accelerated industrial scale genocide since 2023, ethnic cleansing in Gaza & the West Bank, illegal wars in Iran and Lebanon, Syria, etc,etc. They have abrogated and ignored their legal obligations pursuant to UN International Law on Human Rights, Genocide Treaty which are mandatory obligations,to stop/prevent genocide, and ignored the Geneva Convention.
If I were to use a biblical reference, Albanese is like the second brother of the Prodigal Son. The one that buried the cash, and eventually was pilloried for it
Absolutely agree with every word of this. I often raise my eyebrows in total disbelief at what I see from Albo… your line ‘Albo leads nothing’ couldn’t be more devastating.
He honestly needs to step back and reevaluate this train wreck he has tethered Australians to, largely against our wishes.
I only hope the inherent contradictions evident in Labours largely unswerving support for the US and Israel whilst it destructs our economy and weakens our security registers with voters at some point but it seems unlikely. Albanese’s legacy goal is to get another term, but his real legacy is to surrender Australian sovereignty to an incompetent , corrupt and rapidly declining US empire. The Labour Party is full of sheep and it’s pathetic.
The biggest issue we have in Australia is no competent party is saying anything other than the same as Albo is. Surely the Liberal party can see that this issue alone would be enough to make up the ground that they have already lost? What a shitshow 🤯
Nice piece Nick. I second everything you have written. I would be less kind though. Wong has been absolutely disgraceful beyond the ability of words to describe her treachery and sycophantic spin. Albanese, like Scomo and Dutton on the right, has now sown the seeds for Labour’s future implosion. As for Marles, that walking talking americophile is a straight up idiot. He needs to call Angus Taylor and tell him he would like to swap sides. He is a liberal in drag, a conservative to his bootstraps. As for the history books and all Australians, Albanese’s government has deeply insulted and embarrassed all of us, and that is how his government will be remembered.
So true , re Marles , who has always fitted more as a Liberal Party MP , and completes with “Well done Angus” in the Waste of Space category . We are grievously ill-served by this excuse for a government . ( As for Wong , words fail me 🤢🤮)
The current government certainly isn’t going to win any awards for high performance or delivery Elizabeth.
well said!
I have lost hope of Labor returning to the spirit of Gough Whitlam's government. I have now joined the Greens. I would encourage anybody who cares for Australia to do the same. A Party for the People can be built and win. IT'S TIME!
Gough must be spinning in his grave with disgust . 😡
Sadly, I agree. 🙏
The legacy of Albanese and Wong, and through them the Australian Labor Party, is now set in stone. There is no reversing the damage, or the historical record. This is their forever legacy. How they sleep at night, only they know. But if they sleep under the illusion that they did what they did - or more accurately didn't do what they didn't do - due to some real politik national interest calculation in my/our name, may we all do everything we can to disabuse them of that notion. Today, tomorrow, in their retirement, and in their dying days. May their consciences never rest.
Well said 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You hit the nail on the head Nick.
The world is brimming with weak leaders as was the world in the 1600s. And that was a bad time for the average citizen.
I think I knew and felt most of that but thanks for putting it into your narrative of shame for our government to read. Oh no, despite being "deeply concerned" Penny and the crew will follow Albo's line of smarmy Ally appeasement. Of course they will.
Roll on the High Court's decisions re protests and the rise of the minor parties and Independents. Do we have to wait until the next elections for any real decision making??
Thanks Nick - I'm just back from Shanghai and the strange quiessence of Australia strikes me even more. The question is - why? Why so craven? Unless Mossad is running compromat on the ALP front bench.
Disturbingly correct in every detail . Thank you for this much -needed post . The grovelling of this Albanese government to every order and demand from America and Israel is a betrayal of leadership , democracy , and sovereignty. Albanese might be a back room mover and shaker , but he is no leader and shames this country . What kind of person can happily look away
while countless children and civilians are being slaughtered , maimed and bombed to smithereens ? The Foreign Minister is an equal disgrace on this matter .
Thanks Nick. If only we could have a tiny skerrick of courage from our leader. I fear that he sold his soul to Marles as part if a factional deal to our country's detriment. History won't be kind.
Thanks Nick - many thanks for again pulling the curtain back.
The continued failure of Albanese to offer meaningful criticism of decisions being made by US and Israel is painful to observe - it’s gone way beyond embarrassing.
But all is not lost, Captain Mainwaring has travelled far and wide to wrangle some photo ops in Singapore and Brunei to assure Australians he’s on the case!
Boom 💥💥🎯
I agree with all that Nick laid out in this article and am personally disgusted, ashamed with the unconscionable Albanese government particularly it's senior Ministers who have turned our nation into a supporter, complicit with an accelerated industrial scale genocide since 2023, ethnic cleansing in Gaza & the West Bank, illegal wars in Iran and Lebanon, Syria, etc,etc. They have abrogated and ignored their legal obligations pursuant to UN International Law on Human Rights, Genocide Treaty which are mandatory obligations,to stop/prevent genocide, and ignored the Geneva Convention.
If I were to use a biblical reference, Albanese is like the second brother of the Prodigal Son. The one that buried the cash, and eventually was pilloried for it
Absolutely agree with every word of this. I often raise my eyebrows in total disbelief at what I see from Albo… your line ‘Albo leads nothing’ couldn’t be more devastating.
He honestly needs to step back and reevaluate this train wreck he has tethered Australians to, largely against our wishes.
I only hope the inherent contradictions evident in Labours largely unswerving support for the US and Israel whilst it destructs our economy and weakens our security registers with voters at some point but it seems unlikely. Albanese’s legacy goal is to get another term, but his real legacy is to surrender Australian sovereignty to an incompetent , corrupt and rapidly declining US empire. The Labour Party is full of sheep and it’s pathetic.
Yes yes yes! Brilliant article!
The biggest issue we have in Australia is no competent party is saying anything other than the same as Albo is. Surely the Liberal party can see that this issue alone would be enough to make up the ground that they have already lost? What a shitshow 🤯
As TRAITORS!