SMH · Brittany Busch · Thursday 2 April 2026
The PM uses a National Press Club address to announce a $1 billion industry support package and frame an 'ambitious' budget, against the backdrop of Iran tensions and surging petrol prices.
A billion dollars and the word 'ambitious' — putting on a dinner jacket to microwave a pie. Albanese announces industry support while Iran burns and the bowser bleeds, and the Press Club nods along like it hasn't seen this act twelve times before. Menzies used that lectern to argue a case. This mob uses it to trail a budget like a movie preview — all the good bits up front because they know the feature won't deliver.