The opposition leader, Angus Taylor, will speak to the country on Thursday night, a day after an address from Anthony Albanese.
Despite criticising the prime minister for wasting time on Wednesday night, the Liberal leader will be broadcast at 7pm, with a statement about the war in Iran and the global energy crisis.
The ABC will broadcast the message.
Taylor said on Thursday that Albanese’s address “could have been a social media post”. He criticised the lack of detail, urging the prime minister to give Australians confidence and certainty in the weeks and months ahead.
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2026/apr/02/anthony-albanese-fuel-crisis-angus-taylor-middle-east-labor-liberals-easter-travel-press-club-ntwnfb?CMP=share_btn_url&page=with%3Ablock-69cdb5448f08e7b812c98b4b#block-69cdb5448f08e7b812c98b4b
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Jesus Christ can we not start a precedent with these American style “address to the nations” that tell us fuck all?
They should only be done by the PM if they actually have something to announce at a time of crisis
The full stuff should be left to the Governor-General or even the King
Why would we need to hear from this fuckwit? What has he got to offer other than cheap political point scoring?
Anus Taylor talking about social media posts lol
Why do we need to hear from the UNELECTED opposition?
Nice on Angus but just do Sky news.
How is this appropriate at all? This is going to be a political point scoring exercise from a partisan hack that is desperately hoping for the government to fail and for things to get much worse so they can profit from it. The LNP are truly despicable and the ABC hiding behind their “let’s give both sides equal air time” bullshit should be ashamed of their decision to broadcast this crap. I wish they’d go back on strike as their entire existence is just upper class centrelink.
Is there a single person in Australia who cares what this empty headed simpleton thinks?
not an original thought in this mans head
“could have been an email” wow he’s got the reddit lines down. next he’s going to quote steamed hams
This isn’t the Betoota?
Just a reminder that this is the guy who signed the deal for Australian oil reserves to be located within the US strategic petroleum reserves.
They knew it wouldn’t be accessible if the us needed it but he still signed it
I thought it was a Betoota or Shovel headline but no…
He just looked at Reddit etc saw that the standard funny comment was “should’ve been an email” and took that to work the next morning as if it’s his.
Imagine an opposition leader saying they will work with the government in these tough times, to help Australian get through it, instead of defaulting to meaningless cheap shots…
Or just not say anything at all?…
Kindly, piss off Angus. Exactly what we don’t need.
So he’s complaining about the lack of detail, then wasting our time by presumably doing the same thing?
I wonder if he’s going to explain why he decided to send our reserves to the US?
Fantastic. Great news. Well done Angus.
You think he’ll cop to being almost solely responsible for our current fuel situation?
Um why
Angus “sold off the fuel reserves” Taylor? That one?
Fantastic. Great Move. Well done Angus.
Angus’ entire career could have been a social media post.
Immediately after his address, Angus will go live to congratulate Angus on his address
Fuck off anus Taylor, we would be fine if you didn’t fuck with our oil reserves as energy minister
So he’s going on TV to waste our time whingeing about Albo wasting our time?
Huh? He’s the opposition leader. Not the PM.
This is just a political presser.