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Michael Pascoe

Michael Pascoe: Albo does a ‘Joshy’ on infrastructure – and everybody falls for it

PM Anthony Albanese is not increasing infrastructure spending, Michael Pascoe writes. Photo: TND

There are a couple of ways of looking at it. Maybe it’s just a matter of compulsory political ritual, like holding babies in election campaigns. Or maybe whichever government you elect, you get politicians.

Whichever, Anthony Albanese on Sunday trotted out the good ol’ “billions of dollars for infrastructure” fairy floss complete with Saturday “drops” for favoured journalists who reliably regurgitated the PR spin.

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