One struggles to think of a more daft idea than corrupting the curriculum further with political dogma and historic racial grievances

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney revealed disturbing news this week that suggests the government is pushing ahead with plans to defy the will of the Australian people.

It’s been another eventful week for the Albanese government.

Let us review the good, the bad and the ugly.

The good

Anthony Albanese announced his engagement to Jodie Haydon on X on Thursday and could become the first prime minister to hold a wedding in office.

Congratulations to the happy couple. Albo must be relieved to finally secure a ‘yes’ verdict.

The PM revealed he put “a lot of planning and thought” into the date of the proposal and the design of the ring and paid this lovely tribute to his fiance: “It’s wonderful that I have found a partner that I want to spend the rest of my life with.”

Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon celebrating their engagement. Picture: AFP

Sadly, for the government, that’s where the good news ends. What we’ve seen this week is further evidence that this is an unserious government full of unserious people who are better suited to activism and culture wars than governing.

The engagement overshadowed some troubling data released on Thursday, with the unemployment rate jumping to a two-year high of 4.1 per cent.

The bad

The Albanese government appears hellbent on defying the will of the Australian people and pressing ahead with a divisive, race-based agenda including pushing for treaty and “truth-telling.”

Remember the Uluru statement? The Voice was to be step one followed by so-called truth telling and then Makarrata or treaty.

Indigenous Australians Minister Linda Burney revealed the disturbing news that she was in discussions with Cabinet to develop a model for a “truth telling” process, which may end up in the school curriculum.

“The issue of truth-telling is incredibly important and there are many, many ways in which that can happen … including school curriculum,” she said.

Linda Burney says the issue of truth-telling is ‘incredibly important’. Picture: Martin Ollman

One struggles to think of a more daft idea than corrupting the curriculum further with political dogma and historic racial grievances.

And, as we saw during the Voice debate what some consider “their truth” is at odds with verifiable facts.

The PM has also made it clear that Labor is pursuing a Makarrata Commission.

Burney’s opposition counterpart, Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, has called on the government to accept the verdict of the Australian people – more than 60 per cent voted “no” in the race-based referendum – who resoundingly rejected the politics of racial division.

“Australians said ‘No, they do not want to be divided like this,’ but that’s what treaty and so-called truth-telling are, divisive,” she said.

“If the Albanese government is serious about closing the gap, they need to start with an audit and thorough investigation of what is and isn’t working.”

The ugly

This week we learnt the extent of the government’s failure in the lead up to, and since, last year’s NZYQ High Court ruling that saw scores of criminals released from indefinite immigration detention.

We now know that the 149 released by the Albanese government included seven murderers, 37 sex offenders and 72 violent criminals as well as drug traffickers, people smugglers and domestic violence offenders.

Despite what some activists have been claiming, only five of the 149 released were guilty of low-level offences. So far 24 have been rearrested and charged with a variety of alleged offences but none are back in detention.

And, 40 of these individuals are currently enriching Victoria with their presence, almost all funded by your taxes.

Immigration Minister Andrew Giles is simply too inept and ideologically compromised for his portfolio.

In a competent government he’d be immediately demoted for his litany of failures.

When he was supposed to be in crucial meetings in the lead up to the High Court verdict, Giles was gallivanting from Canberra to London selling the Voice.

As reported by Peta Credlin on Sky News, on August 8, September 14 and October 12 Giles’ office was warned about the likely High Court ruling but the Minister failed to attend the meetings, opting instead to spruik the Voice.

Giles was missing in action when it mattered most and despite the Albanese government being shamed into passing emergency legislation late last year, it has failed to utilise the legislation which allows the worst of the offenders to be locked up and the remainder monitored.

It’s a mess that highlights this is a government of pretenders who prefer culture wars to governing.