Anthony Albanese had a chance to show leadership with a nation under pressure.

Instead, he told Australians to drive less.

That’s as close to an admission of failure as you’re ever going to get from Albanese.

Families in the suburbs, tradies on the road, regional Australians who don’t have a train line to fall back on; they’re all being told to change their lives because the government failed to secure the basics.

This is what modern Labor looks like. When supply runs short, they don’t fix it; they spin up some talking points and make it your problem.

Use less energy, drive less, expect less.

It’s the same mindset behind Net Zero. Shut things down first, ask questions later.

Australia didn’t used to think like this. We used to build. We used to produce. We used to plan for the future.

Now we get lectures from a mediocre politician who has pretty much never had a job out of politics in his entire life.

The fuel crisis has exposed something deeper than a temporary shortage. It has exposed a government that doesn’t believe in our freedom and prosperity. A government that manages decline instead of preventing it.

And while Australians are being told to tighten their belts, Labor continues to run an uncontrolled mass immigration program.

More people, more pressure, while working with less and less capacity.

Australians don’t want to be told to settle for less, they want a government that ensures they don’t have to.

Right now, they’ve got the opposite.