Anthony Albanese has been slammed as Australia’s ‘Party PM’ as he’s accused of walking red carpets and travelling the globe instead of ‘looking after the country’ as Aussies struggle with rising living costs and natural disasters.
The Prime Minister attended a Nick Cave gig on Monday night and later took to Instagram to gush over the Australian musician.
It comes after Mr Albanese flew to Sydney during a parliamentary sitting week last Wednesday to attend the GQ Man of the Year awards with his partner Jodie Haydon.
He also had some time away from politics last Friday, sinking a can of beer while watching the Prime Minister’s XI cricket match, and was famously spotted ‘dad dancing’ to Midnight Oil at a gig in early October at Sydney’s Hordern Pavillion.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese attended a Nick Cave gig on Monday night and later took to Instagram to gush over the Australian musician (pictured)
A video of Mr Albanese’s drinking effort at a Gang of Youths concert in August was posted to Twitter, with people comparing him to larrikin Australian leader Bob Hawke
In August, he was also pictured downing a beer at a Gang Of Youth concert at the Enmore Theatre in Sydney.
NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham branded Mr Albanese as the ‘Party PM’.
‘He’s the Party PM, but unfortunately, millions of Australians waiting for lower electricity prices haven’t been invited,’ he told Daily Mail Australia.
NSW One Nation leader Mark Latham (picture) has branded Mr Albanese as the ‘Party PM’
When asked what he thought Labor could do in regards to electricity prices, Mr Latham said: ‘Fulfilling their promise of a $275 reduction, for starters’.
The Prime Minister led Labor to an election victory in May with a promise to cut power bills by $275 a year within three years.
In October, Mr Albanese refused to admit he had failed on that promise, despite the government’s latest budget revealing that energy prices will rise by an average of 20 per cent this year and a further 30 per cent in 2023.
Instead, Mr Albanese said investment in renewables would see cheaper prices for Australian families down the line.
The 59-year-old Australian Labor leader looked dapper in a classic tuxedo alongside partner Jodie Haydon as they attended the GQ Men of the Year Awards last Wednesday
Mr Albanese’s stiff dad-dancing was caught on camera as he rocked out with fellow fans at the Midnight Oil farewell gig in Sydney’s Hordern Pavilion in October
Mr Albanese sported shades and a mostly unbuttoned blue polo top and was pictured taking a long sip of what appeared to be a tin of Balter XPA at the cricket on Friday
The prime minister has also come under fire for attending the GQ Men of the Year Awards with his partner Jodie Haydon during a parliamentary sitting.
His red carpet appearance infuriated some Aussies, including a single mum who has this year become the face of Australia’s unravelling rental crisis.
Danni Cox, 45, became homeless for the first time in her life earlier this year when she was evicted from her rental property in Beenleigh, south of Brisbane, after the landlord told her he was planning to renovate and sell up.
Ms Cox spent two months sleeping in her car with her two sons at parks, train stations and outside friends’ places, eventually breaking down in a TV interview in a desperate plea for help from the government.
Speaking to Daily Mail Australia, Ms Cox said she was furious when she learned Mr Albanese flew to Sydney for the GQ event – during a parliamentary sitting week.
Danni Cox (pictured) called on the Prime Minister to do more about Australia’s rental crisis
‘I have no time or respect for him,’ Ms Cox said. ‘He should hold his head in shame.
‘This isn’t the lucky country. I didn’t think what happened to me would ever happen.
And just last week, a furious flood survivor confronted Prime Minister for being overseas as floods ripped through central New South Wales.
Mr Albanese was confronted by the angry local as he toured Eugowra with media, where hundreds were evacuated last week after a flash flood swept through, destroying houses and gutting shops.
The water rose so quickly that 159 people – one-in-three residents – had to be rescued either by helicopter or boat.
The flood survivor accused Mr Albanese of hypocrisy for attacking Scott Morrison for ‘not holding a hose’ – but then being overseas during a natural disaster.
‘All through the election one of your slogans was ‘[Scott Morrison] wasn’t here to hold a hose.
‘Where have you been sir? Where have you been last week? Overseas I hear. But your people need you here,’ he said.
Mr Albanese responded to the angry man, saying he had been representing Australia overseas at the G20 summit in Bali, Indonesia.
Mr Albanese has been dubbed ‘Airbus Albo’ by critics furious at his trips since the May election
‘I’ve come here straight away. I’m here as soon as I could be, and I was in touch with (NSW Premier) Dom Perrottet,’ Mr Albanese said.
‘We have had the deputy prime minister here, who is acting prime minister, now you’ve had the minister for emergency services, and the ADF were here the first day.’
Other Aussies left support for the PM in the comments of his latest photo op with musician Nick Cave, with one commenting: ‘You gotta love when the PM has a cracking music taste’
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