A second throughout prime minister Anthony Albanese’s look on the Australian Open has brought on a stir amongst a bunch of his critics.
The 59-year-old was in attendance at Rod Laver Arena in Melbourne as Novak Djokovic executed his thumping win over American Tommy Paul on Friday.
As silence swept over the group earlier than one among Paul’s service video games, one spectator yelled out: “Give us a wave, ‘Albo’.”
Albanese, seated alongside US ambassador to Australia Caroline Kennedy and Tennis Australia chair Jayne Hrdlicka, responded with a sheepish wave.
The crowd was guffawing away on the change earlier than the TV cameras confirmed Albanese chuckling with these round him.
Response to his “self-effacing wave” on-line nevertheless has attracted extra of a blended response, with individuals utilizing a tweet about it to assault him from all angles.
The tweet counseled the PM on his modest response and speculated how former chief Scott Morrison could have reacted in another way.
“The “Give us a wave, Albo!” second is pleasant. Albanese is a PM main a Govt that’s doing a lot of good work throughout quite a few portfolios. He responds to the request with a modest, self-effacing wave. Albo could be very totally different to the attention-seeking Morrison,” the tweet read.
Despite the positive tone of the tweet, critics of Mr Albanese were fast to hit back with where they felt he was going wrong.
“Spent more time at the tennis than in Alice and only went after public pressure … so much for ‘being there in a crisis’ another of his election promises,” one respondent said.
Another said Albo could be doing a lot better in his new role.
“Chalk and cheese. I rate the new govt about 6/10. Solid start, but could do better if it tried on: asylum seekers, climate & renewable energy, pandemic management and public education funding. In contrast, on a scale of 1 to 10, the previous govt was well into the negative,” they said.
Someone else said they were “ashamed” they voted for Albanese.
“Really? I voted for him and I’m thoroughly ashamed,” they wrote.
The PM was also attacked over his government’s Covid strategy.
“With that amount of support you’d hope he’d have the courage and integrity to mount an effective Covid mitigation policy,” one person said.
One even went so far as to label him the “worst PM in Australian history”.
Others felt it was nice to finally see Australia’s PM receive a warm reception in a public arena.
“Australia’s leader at Australia’s Open being cheered. Great to see,” one said.
“Humble … the very opposite of the bloke before him …. And isn’t that great for all Australians,” another added.
The author of the original tweet was in disbelief at how “right wing nut jobs” had hijacked a positive anecdote about the PM.
“I posted a tweet praising Albo’s modest, self-effacing wave at the tennis. Some RWNJs did NOT like that! When I check their profiles, and who some of them follow, I genuinely wonder if they’re Liberal Party staffers,” he wrote.
In another tweet shared Monday, he suggested there would have been further outrage from Albo’s critics had he not have attended the Australian Open at all.
“Can you imagine the faux outrage from the Right if the PM had failed to attend the Australian Open?! There would be angry criticism for not supporting a major sporting event. I noticed when he did attend, Albanese was still the same modest, self-effacing Albo,” he wrote.
Source: www.news.com.au
