Tanya Plibersek has cut through, writes columnist Jenna Price – which is more than can be said for the blokes who think they can save the party | OPINION auspol labor alp
so she could lead the Australian Labor Party, I was roundly mocked by Labor types who explained Plibersek’s decision wasn’t – really – about her children. It was hard not to respond with that schoolyard rebuke, duh. But another very strange thing happened after I wrote that story. I received emails and social media messages– in their hundreds – from others wanting to join the childcare roster. I mean, nobody volunteers to babysit other people’s kids unless it’s grandparents.
, says: “Tanya Plibersek is a really good communicator and has the ability to cut through and, unfortunately for the Labor Party, Albanese has had huge problems cutting through.
Politicians aren’t known for bloodless coups but any other scenario would have a high transaction cost, say insiders. Mind you, the knifing of Turnbull didn’t seem to affect the voting public in any serious way. There is a cost benefit analysis for Labor and one that it needs to calculate right this minute. For those who keep saying Plibersek can’t win Queensland, let me introduce you to another capable Labor type, three times state champ, Annastacia Palaszczuk.
When I wrote about babysitting Plibersek’s kids, her office was kind but uninterested in co-operating with my ambitions for their boss. Same now. But someone needs to listen to me and to the other voters who think Plibersek should be the next prime minister. And she won’t get that chance unless she leads the party into the next election.
Jenna Price is a visiting fellow at the Australian National University and a regular columnist. She is a contributor to the new book Gender Politics in which Carol Johnson has a chapter.
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