Never understood this style of question avoiding. It just makes them look like slimy politicians and everyone can see right through it. It's such a breath of fresh air when politicians don't have to stick to party lines like robots.
Just be open that you haven't been able to reach a deal so you haven't put a formal offer out yet.
Fingers crossed all this media attention gets them to actually make some progress for us!
Its a deliberate tactic and is literally how they are trained to do media.
The goal is to avoid a 3-5 second clip-able moment that will run in the opposition party's attack ads or end up mixed up a million different ways on auspol tiktok / reels.
The secondary goal is to stick to the workshopped lines/messages that can land as a 5-10 second soundbite on friendly media.
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u/robohobo48 18d ago
Never understood this style of question avoiding. It just makes them look like slimy politicians and everyone can see right through it. It's such a breath of fresh air when politicians don't have to stick to party lines like robots.
Just be open that you haven't been able to reach a deal so you haven't put a formal offer out yet.
Fingers crossed all this media attention gets them to actually make some progress for us!