This week we witnessed the beginning of managing expectations when Anthony Albanese started framing what he might say if the nation votes No on October 14, writes Patricia Karvelas.
I suspect this is going to turn out pretty well for Albanese.
If he won, he’d have a great notch on his record in term 1, but it might have energised some in the party challenging his careful politics.
With such a simple thing as a toothless advisory committee being blown into a crazy worldwide conspiracy, it vindicates his strategy of not giving the media anything “radical” to latch on to.
I suspect this is going to turn out pretty well for Albanese.
If he won, he’d have a great notch on his record in term 1, but it might have energised some in the party challenging his careful politics.
With such a simple thing as a toothless advisory committee being blown into a crazy worldwide conspiracy, it vindicates his strategy of not giving the media anything “radical” to latch on to.