On day one of the 2022 federal election campaign, Anthony Albanese found himself in hot water when he was unable to name the nation’s unemployment level and the Reserve Bank’s official cash rate in a press conference.
This week the same problem has surfaced in a more worrying context: the unprecedented presence of a Chinese flotilla of warships conducting live-firing exercises in the Tasman Sea. It’s a concerning lapse for someone who has not always been across the details during his prime ministership.
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