The Prime Minister has delivered a searing, somewhat sneering, indictment of Peter Dutton. Subscribe now for unlimited access . $ 0 / (min cost $ 0 ) Login or signup to continue reading Continue with Email Continue with Google Continue with Apple See subscription options Anthony Albanese said his opponent was "a bit like a Tony Abbott tribute band.
" And in a reflection on his two years in power, he took a swing at some right-wing journalists: "There are some journalists who are more stenographers," he said on a podcast for ANU professor Mark Kenny. Mr Albanese also made what sounded like a cry from the heart about the pain of social media. "I have found over recent times, perhaps because of the position I'm in, but the level of hatred which is there and the things that people will say on the internet, in social media, in comment sections.
"I try not to look anymore. I just find it extraordinary. I can't believe that people would face-to-face say that to anybody else.
Reprehensible, violent, threatening. It can be quite extraordinary. "I think the debate about our youngest Australians and access to social media will broaden very quickly into a debate about social media in general, what the impact is, what the impact of the internet is, and to a debate about our society.
"One of the things I've been wondering about is whether people's isolation during COVID, where we lost the capacity for health reasons, to have that social interaction, whether that exacerbated some of those is.
