I have heard that you want political leaders to seem calm, especially in a crisis.
But the SCHTick of calmness that corresponds to competence fades away when the political leader seems as if they can't give anything about what happens.
Today Anthony Albanese was asked about the cyber attack on Australian Superannuation accounts.
Cyber criminals have performed a coordinated hit on some of the largest super funds in the country.
No fewer than 600 accounts with Australian Super have been the victim of fraud, and that is just one super body of at least five.
Rest CEO Vicki Doyle said that 8,000 members' accounts were being hit. Hundreds of members of Australian Retirement Trust are also the target.
We are in the early stages to know how far this attack extends.
Big Deal? Not if you ask the Albo.
Anthony Albanese (shown today on the campaign track) was asked about the cyber attack on Australian Superannuation and immediately played it down
When he was asked about the attacks, he tried to play them, and said that cyber attacks 'every six minutes' take place before he goes back to his election lines that attack the threat that Peter Dutton assumes when he becomes PM.
Ironically if you think about it.
“I was informed about that. We will respond on time, “the prime minister told journalists.
'We consider what happened, but take this into account. There is one Attack, a cyber attack in Australia about every six minutes. This is a regular problem. '
Could Albo sound more chilly about other people who may lose super savings? From the comfort of knowing his parliamentary pension, the cyber attacks were absolutely not influenced.
You almost feel that he should have chewed chips while he says it, he sounds so uninterested in the worries that take into account.
It was the same when China parked one of his warships in front of the east coast of Australia not so long ago.
On that occasion, at least Albo said that he would rather not have been there before he became an apologist for China by noticing that they had not violated laws:
“I would rather not be there. But we live in circumstances in which, just like Australia has ships in the South Chinese Sea and ships in the street of Taiwan and a series of areas, this ship is there, “said the Prime Minister, who go from the salt and vinegar bag to the aromatized chicken bite.
A Chinese warship off the coast of Australia in February. The communist super power sent a small fleet of ships past Australia – and followed it with a spy ship in March
It is not that Albo is wrong on both issues.
When he was repeating a briefing notes to tell him about the rules of international law, Australian shipping routes via the South Chinese Sea and the frequency of cyber attacks on Australian citizens, he did his work and parroted the talk points perfectly.
However, if you expect a leader to show a little more interest in the events that happen around them, and who affects the voters they try to pursue, you may hope a little more.
