Rudyard Griffiths

Because right now, if you look at his track record, I mean, no blame here.

He was in a minority parliament.

To this point, he's done everything that is expedient.

There are very few hard choices of any shape or form.

That's right.

that have been internalized by this prime minister since last April's federal election.

But that's an external conversation.

You and I know the internal crises of productivity, over-regulation, lack of competition, high levels of taxation, all these things that have been allowed to compound over government after government because no politician was willing to spend any political capital to address any one of these problems.

Yeah, we'll wrap up.

But you know, Andrew, just feeling popular just feels so good.

That's the problem with this job.

That is the danger.

Being loved is the bee's knees for a prime minister.

Yeah, well, because I think a lot of people go into politics precisely because they want to be liked.

That's right.

Yeah.

Well, Andrew, fantastic conversation today.

I'm glad we went deep into...

what this political moment means.

And as usual, your analysis and insight is to the benefit of us all.