The opposition leader has the wind behind him in opinion polls but looks reluctant to risk it by telling voters what he’d do with power. And the risk is real.
The game plan that turned Anthony Albanese from an opposition leader to a prime minister is known by a simple phrase he used for three years before he gained the top job. “I said that we had a plan: kick with the wind in the fourth quarter, outline our policies close to the election,” he said in the weeks after Labor took power.
Dutton has leapt ahead of Albanese on a few fronts. He called in May last year for a ban on advertising sports betting during game broadcasts – an idea on which federal cabinet is yet to decide. He backed an age ban on social media earlier this year, months before Labor, thanks to early work by Coalition communications spokesman David Coleman.Even so, it only takes a quick check of recent history to confirm how slow Dutton has been to tell voters about big policies.
The Labor proposals on climate and energy were confirmed in August that year. That is when Albanese renewed the Labor commitment to net zero emissions by 2050 and when the energy spokesman, Chris Bowen, pledged $20 billion to upgrade the electricity grid – a policy dating from several years earlier. The argument continues today about whether Labor is reaching the goals set three years ago. At least Bowen set some goals.
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