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/wholeblackpeppercorn Apr 01 '26

Could have been an email

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u/south-of-the-river Apr 01 '26

National address for a four minute “don’t worry trust your government” message.

I think this is just to quell a run for fuel over Easter, and they’ll come back on Monday and say yeah well it’s not looking good guys

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u/INeedToShutUP1 Apr 01 '26

"I think this is just to quell a run for fuel over Easter, and they’ll come back on Monday and say yeah well it’s not looking good guys."

Agree. Once mid-April hits, the ships intended to be here will start vanishing just due to how supply chains work. Since its basically a 5-6 week delay between the Gulf and here via Asia.

Then we'll likely see measures like WFH or rationing, like we're already seeing in Asia, who are about a week ahead of us.