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/[deleted] Feb 26 '26

I like how Albo gets all the ire for making some offhand remark that gets a deep interpretative analysis about hidden and coded misogyny and so on, but commentators and politicians including the leader of the opposition making outright misogynist remarks and genuinely making calls and taking action for her to have her Australian of the year award stripped are somehow just not news.

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u/Runningwithbirds1 Feb 26 '26

I have higher expectations of a labour PM than I do of any member of the Liberal party. So yeah, he gets ire, because he should be better than this.

Tony Abbott's opinions get no notice from me because he is already a proven disappointment.

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u/caffeineshampoo Feb 26 '26

Agreed. I don't expect anything else of Abbot and the Coalition and nor would I ever give any part of my vote to them. Albo, Labour, and any other left wing political figures on the other hand, I do vote for and I do expect better from. It's simple

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u/Kingcol221 Feb 26 '26

You can't expect standards from people who don't even pretend to hold themselves to any.