Albanese Calls for More Nuanced Reporting on Politics, Laments Short-Term Media Focus

Reflecting on two years in office, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese says the media is partly to blame for debate becoming more polarising.
Albanese Calls for More Nuanced Reporting on Politics, Laments Short-Term Media Focus
Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during interviews at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on May 15, 2024. Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images
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“If you are not with me, you are against me” has become the standard of debate over politics, according to Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who says the superficiality of the media is partly to blame.

Reflecting on two years in office, Mr. Albanese told the Australian National University’s Democracy Sausage podcast that people seem to feel that, for example, they have to be “pro-government or pro-private sector, pro-renewables, or nothing—and the debate, and need for reform, is far more nuanced than that.”
Rex Widerstrom
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Rex Widerstrom is a New Zealand-based reporter with over 40 years of experience in media, including radio and print. He is currently a presenter for Hutt Radio.
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