Albanese's politics of patience

August 25, 2025

Thanks for a more considered assessment of the current leadership, Albanese style. If only more politicians could behave accordingly.

Might I offer an observation of a failure here and a solution? Rushing, even on the evening of his election, Albanese promised committed action on the Voice for Indigenous Australians. Unfortunately, he used a political, a numbers based, binary process which divided the nation.

Had he chosen a process of dialogue and consideration as another nation,Ireland, did, he could have achieved much more;but he thought like a numbers man, a politician. Ireland on the other hand, changed two matters concerning sexuality (Gay Rights and Abortion) in an ultra-conservative church-ridden state and achieved two reforms embedded in their Constitution. Who could have thought? But I suppose, like most of us, Albanese was just learning.