Will the world condemn Australia for saying No to the Voice?
Hypocrisy would deflate any criticism from China, Indonesia, and India. So the prime minister is going to have to do much better than hold Australia’s international reputation over voters’ heads.
Nearly one year in, the Albanese government is not as effective as it could be in its public presentation of policy.
Whether it be the case for purchasing nuclear-powered submarines, climate change and energy reform, or constitutional recognition, federal Labor often allows the declamatory to trump the detail.
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James Curran is The Australian Financial Review’s international editor and professor of modern history at Sydney University.
