Is any one else wondering what we got with Albanese?

Presently it looks like instead of a prime minister we got a prime tourist.
Perhaps he wants to get all his touring in quickly, before most wake up to what a dill he is, & chuck him out.

Albo and his closest are certainly overdoing the travel. Even the media is talking about it. A couple of the trips in our region, OK; but not to a NATO get together when we are not in NATO, for the obvious reason of not being in the North Atlantic.

I see that Albo is seeking advise on going Ukraine, for heaven's sake! Of course he should not be going to a country 13,000 kilometres away from us, with no cultural, trade or others connections. We are already on Russia's 'hostile country list' thanks to the #metoo Morrison government. Russia has done nothing to us, and we have enough of an enemy in the Chinese Communist Party without looking for more enemies.

Hasbeen,

It's very obvious to many people - what we've got with
our newly elected PM and his government.

Many of us have already received the message both
domestically and internationally that there is a
change in government - changes in policy and changes in
our engagement with the world on issues. The QUAD
meeting that the PM had with US, India, and Japan recently
was an obvious success - and it went down well internationally.

It also indicated how the government will take on regional
policy - especially with China's assertiveness.
It looks like there will be a re-set with the Pacific Islands,
with Indonesia, with France, and the list goes on. Good
for us, good for business and investment - good all round.

Our new government looks like it wants a more gentler type of
politics. Gentle - but firm and strong. If our PM can succeed
in raising the tone of politics both domestically and
internationally - it will be very welcome to many voters.

Hasbeen,

Regarding a visit to the Ukraine?

Our PM has said that he will think about visiting Kyiv,
as long as the visit won't put members of his party in
danger. He has also made it clear that of course our
own immediate region will remain his absolute priority.

However, he considers a visit to Ukraine as being important.
In the case of Australia - it's not just about moral
support and solidarity but about actually material support
as well - the lethal aid and other assistance that's coming.

For Australia it is a vital investment. The PM has stated
that we have a tradition of standing up to coercion and
bullying behaviour in the world - so it is important to stand
up for Ukraine and provide more assistance.

At all times, vigilance is the price of liberty. We must
remain vigilant because while it might be someone else
today, it could be us down the road in years from now.
The measure of our society over history is our fidelity to our
principles.

We must remind our people to remain faithful to those
principles or otherwise our society, like so many in the past,
will be swept on the ash heap of history.

Greg Sheridan, that Murdoch right wing hack and no friend of the Labor government, said on Insiders yesterday of Albanese that:

"All the travel he has done since becoming prime minister has been important and I hope there isn't any foolish provincial backlash against it."

http://www.abc.net.au/insiders/from-the-couch/13946498?jwsource=cl
21:36 mark

Does that make Hasbeen our resident provincial fool?

It would appear so.

Dear Hasbeen,

«Presently it looks like instead of a prime minister we got a prime tourist.»

Very well - give him all the travel he ever dreamed of, give him wine, give him beautiful women (or handsome youthful men if he prefers), give him songs and dances, clothes and gems, gold and jewelry, games and amusements, give him psychedelic drugs even: the more a politician is busy with his personal luxurious indulgences, the less time s/he has to harass us!