‘In a vineyard with his union mates’: Liberal MP slams PM over Alice Springs crisis

Liberal MP Zoe McKenzie has slammed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese for “sitting in a vineyard with his union mates” rather than going to Alice Springs as the “situation is out of control”.
Northern Territory Chief Minister Eva Lawler has declared an ‘emergency situation’ in the Alice Springs CBD to combat crime.
A two-week youth curfew will be put in place as part of the response.
“It is clear the situation is out of control, and it is clear that they are desperate,” Ms McKenzie told Sky News Australia.
“The Chief Minister herself basically said I’m open to all ideas.
“I don’t why the Prime Minister is sitting in a vineyard in the Hunter with his union mates and, frankly, not back on his plane and heading to Alice Springs right now.
“This is not a new problem.”

[@Tomo-hp8ql]

Albo is at it again , drinking $500 bottles of wine with his union mates . It is disgusting behaviour from the pm . He just doesn't care about Aussies just his pension .

[@ianenglish123]

Celebrating the lifting of Chinese tariffs that Morrison caused. But wait while we were all in lock down Morrison raised government pensions by $90 k a year for ex PMs. That wasn't enough for Abbott so he got a job on Murdoch's payroll just to top it off.

[@johngurney1069]

@@sharonchanpeksheong3691 what mind nothing between his ears

[@goldenineke]

Just imagine the reaction if this had been Scomo, not Albanese? Scomo would be crucified.

[@mckenziehellenann]

Dear God we would never have heard the end of it !!

[@baldrick6071]

100%

[@rosaliepolley6228]

He certainly would have,,, yet Albo gets away with every wrong thing he does.

[@peterjames174]

nine times and its getting worse, albo is destroying Australia he is a clown.

[@gjssjg]

HALF A BILLION DOLLARS ON A REFERENDUM and NOT A CENT FOR ALICE SPRINGS.........FAR Q ALBO

[@peterolsen9131]

for half a billion , they should have got more than one lousy question asked, like do we want nuclear power yes/no, defund the abc yes/no , switch from nuclear subs to a massive drone[ underwater and ariel] industry and missle industry at home so the money and jobs stay here? yes/no the waste is apalling!

[@junyuandu3338]

It reflects his genuine purpose of doing that is not really for indigenous people Everything he did is for himself

[@rob_dragon]

Yeah Albo, CU in the NT

[@dodgeboy9052]

Oh... Gosh .. I wonder how many little Albo's are running around the world wearing Kaki shorts n shirt in a Mini Akubra Hat,,, Scooting around at every port of call...lets go cruising...

[@rhyno1740]

Isn't blowfly Albo spending millions on housing for the indigenous in NT ?

[@Tikka300-]

This pm is an absolute disgrace and needs to go now!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[@tony-bi1hj]

I totally agree with you. But come election day the wankers will vote for Albo,Bowen, Wong , Chalmers and the rest of his useless mates. Because Aussies are dumb. I'm an Aussie but all l hear is cost of living. Power is ridiculous, petrol prices are forever increasing and supermarkets charge what they like. It just goes on . Then l see people on the news who paid $1000 a ticket to go to the grand prix when it was on television for nothing. Now Sally Crap has given away the Lord Mayor's job and that left wing Labor imbecile Nicholas Reece is going to take her place until the election in October. Crap is deciding whether to get into politics. For Victoria's sake l hope not. She's Labor through and through. The last thing we need. But that's us all over. Weak as piss. Because we let clowns dictate to us and vote them back for more of the same. Pathetic Is what it is. Pathetic.

[@ericfb100]

I have been to the Northern Territory nine times….. I have been to the Northern Territory nine time…. An hour or two each time… Albo, you are a disgrace…..

[@chuckmaddison2924]

I've been to Bombay twice. 30 minutes each time. But I can say honestly I have been there.. And that's what Albo has done. " I Have been there "

[@johngurney1069]

nine times and nine times no action i,am sure the poor people of Alice Springs feel safer now he has been there, WTF

[@user-eg2pc8wh9q]

Right, he's a wimp.

[@lylehooper6986]

Airbus Albo is a weak and spineless Prime Minister. Australia is ultimately worse off under his inept government. Of coarse he will hang out with his union mates instead of actually doing something about the real problems in Alice Springs. The unions are what keeps the "Labour" party afloat. Lots of money coming in from the industry super funds,(your money) what better way to spend a day.

[@lornatodd4750]

Ah! So I wasn't wrong about Albosleezy another $ 500 bottle of wine, while hiding from the chaos in Alice Springs and the rest of Australia. Such courage.

[@johngurney1069]

i don't think they give white feathers to cowards anymore , but i have some if they need them, for the PM

[@rodneycroft5889]

Albo would have flown over Alice Springs a few times, on his way to the gay pride events, and WEF, WHO, etc, for a junket somewhere.

[@peter12488]

The LABOR PARTY = YOU LABOR , THEY PARTY.

[@lornatodd4750]

You got that right.

[@davefoord1259]

Bahaha good comment

[@davefoord1259]

Enforce the law. Thats the governments job. Its pretty simple really in principle. If the people dont think youre going to enforce the law and the people dont have a moral compass themselves that says “i will abide by the law because its the law” then youre going to have the sort of crime crisis that exists in alice springs. Its that simple in principle. Not to say enforcement is going to be easy but it is going to be necessary to do it

[@sharonchanpeksheong3691]

😂😅😅😅😅

[@craigshugg2332]

That's why they spell it the Yank way because they no room or care for U the people.

[@bevmc5061]

Albo is an absolute disgrace! Send him to Alice Springs immediately.

[@johngurney1069]

Alice Springs has enough idiots without sending him and his clowns

[@mikehanlon8036]

Well spoken Zoe McKenzie. Getting rid of cashless debit card was always going to revert back to the way it was before.

[@rosaliepolley6228]

Cashless card has nothing to do with the violence in Alice Springs..... its been going on for many years..

[@gunga360]

He has been missing in action for 2 years

[@beepboop205]

It almost feels like Albo wants the world to burn so he can come out and tell everyone "if only we had the voice"!

[@westbeach8097]

Maybe if Taylor Swift did a concert in Alice Springs Albo would be there in a heart beat.

[@drewsale7288]

Albo will be more concerned about Alice Springs when they open a top notch winery.

[@lornatodd4750]

Or a port for illegal boats from Malaysia.

[@stenkarasin2091]

Well, a vineyard is a so much more civilized place to be then Alice Springs at the moment.

[@jmcham1000]

Talk talk talk talk talk....and thats as far as it will go. Alice springs is only one of the many places that has a problem that is destroying lives

[@mckenziehellenann]

One springs to mind..Broome

[@davidcruse6589]

Yep and a easy fix for them all One law for all Inforcement of those laws One Australia 🇦🇺 regardless of race Individual accountable is needed

[@weekendwithbevoblog2171]

Weak leader.

[@chrispayne4005]

Not a Leader just an oxygen Thief

[@weekendwithbevoblog2171]

@@chrispayne4005 fair summary.

[@johngurney1069]

Spineless PM he needs to join the transgender group he is missing the 2 balls that makes a man

[@user-hs8qj2fi9y]

Albo will brush this off and will say its not his problem its a state problem. Regards him going to Alice I don't think he has the bottle to walk the streets. Not a real leader at all.

[@kenpaine1618]

The voice failed, power price fail,cost of living fail,Alice springs fail,nurse in age care fail,Rudd ambassador failed,border security fail,Chris Bowen fail, and it goes on

[@John-kl3ue]

He’s to gutless to go their because theirs no way his buddies would behave that way ! No way ..

[@user-eg2pc8wh9q]

Yes, he's a wimp!

[@helgabonello9193]

Shame Albo show some responsibility.

[@simongarcia3380]

Elbow is just a bludger

[@franktully3065]

Thankyou Zoe McKenzie. We need many more like you and like Jacinta Price, Kerryn Liddle, Andrew Hastie, James Paterson, Alex Antic, & Matt Canavan. Politicans who are willing to do their jobs.

[@Eric-jo8uh]

Imagine the mess we’ll be in by the end of the year.

[@BigBopper-zm1kf]

When it's a hair brained pipe dream Labor are front and centre. Hard work and they all go walkabout 😅

[@whitemanriding]

So censorship is the way to stop youth crime. Good Lord .

[@akhalif68]

Whats the objective in forcing Albo or any of his moronic ministers to return back to Alice for more useless "jawboning"...Somebody with the ability & willingness to begin to restore order is required in that town...

[@scottlewisparsons9551]

Zoe’s expectations for our great prime minister are far too high.

[@nickstoic2944]

What if the PM is actually happy about the events in Alice Springs? Otherwise he would do something to help.

[@fazall2023]

He is an embarrassment to Australia, he doesn't go and visit Alice spring but he can go to Taylor Swift concert and having parties all the times,Shame

[@IanBrasher-uq4te]

Where is Luke Gosling and all the other labour politicians

[@bush2coast801]

Gosling is a Goose... Fullstop 🙈

[@crustymoto]

Allow the DECENT Citizens of Alice Springs to enforce Law and Order

[@junyuandu3338]

For others to be a PM is a job a duty a responsibility or a mission However to the foolish beloved PM Albo, it is an entertainment

[@mandyspacek1087]

I'm convinced that some random person off the street can run this country better than elbow is. FF sake.....

[@serverlan763]

Mr " My word is my bond" is weak as the preverbal. But we all knew that...

[@whiteshark0000]

Nero playing his fiddle as Rome burned comes to mind when think of our current PM

[@davidcruse6589]

Yep wrote that a few times myself 😉

[@ronhenney4546]

@@davidcruse6589Albo fiddling himself while Australia burns

[@stephenpercy4643]

It is not quote "a law-and-order issue", it has BECOME a law-and-order issue -- However it is primarily a parenting and cultural issue...and all of their leaders preaching victimhood!

[@konmanolis2907]

ALBO going to Alice springs for a couple of hours wouldn’t made any difference, it’s a social problem, put all the offenders in jail & throw away the key, animals don’t behave like this, time to call it out to what this whole thing is

[@area51isreal71]

No cricket or tennis in the Alice, besides it's too far away from Sydney.

[@Paris45627]

👍👍👍👍👍👍👍👍Albanese is not the Australian prime minister he’s a nobody

[@ross4970]

Everybody's best mate Albo. Just got no spine.

[@tonytropea8406]

This sympathetic approach towards a certain race is irresponsible and pathetic.

[@user-qz5gm7pr3m]

Dont expect any action from the Showboat Prime Minister.

[@user-vp9um7nl2n]

Like all pollies, throw enough money at them and they'll go away.

[@kathysmith1843]

Go away albo please it’s like a nightmare that won’t end

[@emmaandangus946]

What a hopeless pm

[@johnmancini4700]

And where’s Burney the minister responsible for closing the gap. She and the PM are clueless. Failing to respond immediately shows how apathetic they are.

[@jenzag7621]

He's definitely reached for the stars and reached for the wine bottles on taxpayers' money. Time he and his self-centred mates resigned.

[@fitzyholden1036]

All the 400 million wasted on the voice did was cause more division and animosity.

[@Super_Mario128]

This is Damning!!

[@johnsmith-ub7vr]

Build more jails.

[@Yvonne-le6ju]

He's a creep

[@jamesaustralian9829]

Do what they did in some parts of WA. If your kids dont attend school, you dont get any centrelink money for them. Funny how that measure seen an instant 98% increase in school attendance and reduced anti social behaviour.

[@fisho2620]

make no excuses for the youth in Alice springs.

[@troywallace322]

I been everywhere man. I been everywhere. I been to Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs, Alice Springs Alice Springs, Hunter Valley wineries yeah, Alice Springs Alice Springs Alice Springs yeah I been everywhere. Onya Albo 😘.

[@xx-lk3bx]

Hope he is getting drunk, he will need more drinks when RBA's CBDC is introduced, leading to hyperinflation.

[@drewsale7288]

And a social credit score.

[@betherainrotten7899]

Albanese going to Alice Springs the poor buggers Have got enough problems already..🤓

[@vincentcacciola7161]

They had better repeal the digital zoo bill or this is going to be a Mad Max shyte show

[@markspin4596]

Should be going every other week until the issue is resolved...

[@alistairgrant9705]

Albo in a vineyard crawling to China and the Alice is in crisis Well done Albo

[@stevencorlett7972]

Albos ALWAYS there for a photo opp but NEVER WHEN IT MATTERS n we ALL KNOW WHY, because he thinks the Average Aussie is DIRT UNDER HIS FEET

[@chuckmaddison2924]

Here ,UK, Canada, USA . The government's can see what's happening on a number of issues. Yet they do nothing.

[@lynmay4667]

Albo is never where he should be when there’s trouble.

[@georgecarter2631]

Trust, Promises, Credibility, Honourability and Integrity are anathema to the Labour Party. GIVE ALBO - THE ELBOW

[@bruiser6479]

Albo is Australia’s answer to Brave Sir Robin in Monty Python and the Holy Grail. “When danger reared its ugly head, he boldly turned his tail and fled. Brave, brave, brave, brave, brave Albo ran away.” And so on and so forth. Albo really is the boss of the simps. When troubles arise, he does not hesitate, he runs like hell. What ablanc.

[@cherylblechynden2048]

Go and ask these kids face to face Why why why. As Jacinto says all kids in Australia are equal , so why can they run rampant, again why why why

[@patrussell8917]

Voting NO sent word to indigenous agitators to proceed with treaty talks & garbled information Show some positive action PM dont hide from reality

[@sardiniangirl1866]

Why haven't we seen the prime minister on tv talking about the housing crisis

[@dawneevon]

An ex-Houso talking about a housing crisis? 😅

[@malcolmball2829]

Albo will be straight on a Plane ........to the Tennis or a Concert etc

[@stevefoster9788]

Thanks

[@DebbieSun-wr2jk]

Why don't they bring in the army omg!!

[@kanderson4417]

And yet Albo somehow is still the preferred PM in the polls? We should start calling him Doolittle.

[@darrenpaulschofield5268]

Albo out now

[@ianatkins1213]

Albo excels at travel, plus attending sporting and social events. Has to play to his strengths.

[@Taff71]

A lot of comments that albo must go. As Australians let’s make it happen.

[@brunobebek9358]

Handsome boy from housing commission has no fucking idea and doesn't care

[@alandelbridge5979]

what a great prime minister not

[@paulchilds9137]

Yeah albo was in a local vineyard with his union mates. He was doing nothing, just annoumcing a billion dollar boost for the wine industry as china lifted its ban on aussie wine. Wine industry is hugely happy.

[@brendahannaford4111]

Really bad PM . Useless . With the problems in Alice Springs blowing out. He needs to get up off he’s chair and fix it up. Lazy I don’t think he gives a damn . Off you go more holidays Disgusting no backbone another weak PM 😡😡🤮

[@chrisburnett4742]

The LNP are champions at laying long standing problems that were obvious under their watch at the feet of Labor Govts who inherit these problems. These are the same problems that have been occurring across Northern Australia for years. From Mt Isa to the Kimberleys the same issues abound. The LNP, supported by Murdock Media are seasoned professionals at politicising the problem and demanding knee jerk reactions such as tougher laws, more police and tougher penalties. We had a Royal Commission that identified the need for more humane responses to young people rather than law and order strategies that have been rolled out in ways that inflict degrading and inhumane treatment. There have been calls for greater support for First Nations families and organisations to empower them to keep their communities and families safe. In 2007, claims of endemic crime in remote Aboriginal communities precipitated the Northern Territory Intervention. This was a discriminatory set of laws against Aboriginal people, which were purportedly designed to address the “emergency” of crimes against Aboriginal children, including paedophilia rings. The latter claim was proven to be a media beat-up involving a federal government fabrication, but that did not stop the roll out of Intervention across remote Aboriginal communities and town camps for 15 years. There is no evidence that the Northern Territory National Emergency Response Act 2007 and its successor, the Stronger Futures Act 2012 have made communities or Aboriginal children safer. Instead, increasing numbers of Aboriginal children and adults have been locked up for minor offences. The one thing we haven’t tried is stopping the paternalism and starting the hard work of a long term project of training community members to be support personnel and leaders in their communities to gather local support for a local solution.

[@martinvanderhoek4363]

Airbus Albo only over flew the NT.

[@deanhays6115]

Beta trotsky AWOL when the goung gets tough "My word is my bond" Still nothing on digiral id passed by the trot, the watermelons? Teals, pocock, lambie and tyrell

[@johannbrandstatter7419]

If Peter Dutton has been in Alice Springs so many times - he did not achieve much either ! If you can motivate the windbag in stylish glasses to do anything ( positive !! ) at all, it would be a minor miracle !

[@pjs3996]

Albo is Joe Bidens twin

[@dawneevon]

Albo went to Alice Springs ONCE, held a meeting behind closed doors, donated $250 M and flew back to the tennis! But he went to the N.T. 9times,9times,9times! He went there 9 times to promote his VOICE. He held a stick! Sat in the sand! Held an Ab child ! Hugged lotsa Black fullas! Took lots of selfies! But then The Voice failed and he hasn't been back to the N.T. since😅

[@petermcdougall5291]

Communism

[@rhyno1740]

Blowfly Albo

[@chrisure4327]

Yeah good luck with that. There might be another rock concert or a Gay parade to attend.

[@thatdeaffella8014]

What did LNP do about Immigration in the 10 + years they had in power? Labor Light.

[@johndrury2028]

So everything's fine now??

[@lylehooper6986]

​@johndrury2028 Of course its fine, just freaking rosy.😂

[@ronhenney4546]

You sound just like a labor politician this is happening here and now dumb arse be like someone talking about the Ukraine and you would say what about the second world war do they call you candle meaning not that bright

[@robinbrown8963]

Stopped the boats and keeping criminals out, much much more than Lieing Labor is capable of.

[@ianenglish123]

But Jacinta Price said colonialism did not adversely affect first nations people. LNP have been throwing money at this issue for years to no avail. But we didnt let there own people have a VOICE on this issue.

[@robinbrown8963]

It was an invoice for more money, not a voice!

[@colinyates7485]

Both sides of politics have failed Aboriginal communities.

[@robinbrown8963]

Because these greedy infected grubs always blaming whites for their dysfunction, stop the money to these demanding primates who fail their children and become career criminals.

[@stephengrocott3917]

the more sky attacks the PM the more he is doing a great job

[@user-nj1fd5cr6c]

This is just typical of "AN-AL"

[@stuartproctor6642]

why cant we hold politicians accountable for wasting tax payers money?? its his own agenda not what the taXPAYER WANT!!

[@tonywilkey4369]

Albo vote Yes what a dork, hes not missing in action he's an action less PM