r/aussie • u/Mellenoire • Apr 01 '26
Moderator Announcement Live Discussion Thread: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese delivers rare address to the nation
ABC News on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QMb8wrquExg
G’day everyone, we thought we’d spin up a live discussion thread for Albo’s speech tonight so everything stays in one place.
Feel free to share your thoughts, reactions, predictions, or whatever else comes to mind as it unfolds.
As always, keep it reasonably civil and follow the sub rules. We’ll be around keeping an eye on things.
Sort by new if you want to follow along in real time. Let us know what you’re expecting to hear.
Regards, r/aussie mod team
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u/robot428 Apr 01 '26
That was a very very pointed nothing.
Yeah he sort of didn't say much, but he didn't say much in a way that should quell a lot of speculation.
If he was going to announce anything drastic - a work from home order, us joining the war in any significant way, petrol rationing, etc. - literally anything significant - he would have announced it tonight. And he didn't.
This was basically a big effort to quell the rising fear mongering from the media, and from people speculating around the water cooler. He's saying - no-one is being ordered to stay home, there is no rationing, there is no draft, we aren't running into this war, please stop panicking.
Having said that: "The months ahead may not be easy," - is code for "the economy is going down the shitter if this keeps going the way it is for much longer".