I realise now what the disconnection was last night between #ABC730 host Sarah Ferguson and guest “nuclear” Ted O’Brien.
Sure it was the trench warfare of “I’m not going to announce our policy on your show.” A continuation of the Liberal Party avoidance of testable policy.
But it was also a refusal to acknowledge a factual change of circumstances.
Ferguson posed a question about a changed timescale - 3 years to the next election and a coal power phase out. Wouldn’t changed circumstances require a change of plan?
A simple “yes” would’ve worked. Or “yes, when the situation changes one must change one’s plan.” But O’Brien refused to engage and repeatedly used the excuse of the party needing to consider all their policies. He doggedly answered a question she didn’t ask.
By his own admission they have a lot of listening and learning to do - but he doesn’t seem to have started.
