What did I miss? Australia’s political week in fast-forward

Then Chalmers went poof! He ninja-ed his way into a panic room as the economy started knocking.

The week began with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese surprising everyone, not least of all the Labor Party, by officially supporting our major ally’s strike against Iran.

Someone said this support only happened because Labor is in political hot water over Bondi – and if it weren’t for that act of domestic terror, Australia’s response would be sitting somewhere between Starmer’s incompetence and Spain’s hostility.

They’re probably right… as soon as Albo completed his statesmanlike address, his trusty left brain cell kicked in.

This is the first of my weekly columns in The Spectator Australia, What did I miss? Australia’s political week in fast-forward.

"Always reaching for greatness, Labor declared our nation a proud ‘middle power’ (or is that ‘middling’?), high-fived Carney, and now we are left to wait for Jim Chalmers to send us a copy of the bill in the next… pic.twitter.com/fgAQBGlTBC

— The Spectator Australia (@SpectatorOz) March 6, 2026