As the Prime Minister Travels Overseas, So Does Labor’s Agenda

Commentary “The vibe” may well become the leitmotif of the Albanese Labor government. As the weeks and months of the 47th Parliament pass, it seems that the only issues the current government is prepared to argue are based on the current “mood.” Don’t get me wrong: every government must listen to the electorate. Prime ministers who fail to do so tend to have a shorter time residing in the Lodge. But there is a limit to slavishly following so-called “public opinion,” whether nationally or locally. As Winston Churchill once quipped to the suggestion it was a time when leaders should keep their ears to the ground: “All I can say is that the British nation will find it very hard to look up to leaders who are detected in that somewhat ungainly posture!”...