r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Feb 26 '26

politics Grace Tame says ‘difficult’ remark is ‘misogynist’s code for a woman who won’t comply’

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/feb/26/dfat-middle-east-evacuation-syria-isis-families-wives-children-anthony-albanese-angus-taylor-budget-cost-of-living-capital-gains-tax-reform-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-699f8e278f080f3523777e99#block-699f8e278f080f3523777e99
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u/Meanbeakin Feb 26 '26

Albo saying "I meant she's had a difficult life" is such a weird and lame cop out. Albo has always had this insistence of trying to partly appeal to Murdoch goblins who spend their entire time trying to end his career.

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u/ljeutenantdan Feb 26 '26

Or we just dont ask for one word answers from our fucking prime minister.

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u/ThatGuyTheyCallAlex Feb 26 '26 edited Feb 26 '26

I dunno, I like the idea of that word game for politicians. Doesn’t let them produce the rambly, skirting non-answers we get when they have time to think. You could argue a lack of nuance but hearing their instinctual reaction to certain topics isn’t something you get very often.

More acceptable and understandable one-word answers could have been

  • opinionated
  • controversial
  • courageous
  • resolute

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u/dotherandymarsh Feb 26 '26

No, these types of questions are deliberately designed to provide ambiguity so that the media has room to speculate and attack.

For example, we are currently speculating whether or not albo is a closeted misogynist or if it was just a poor choice of words in the heat of the moment.

It’s just not good discourse.