Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a visit to Stones Corner in Brisbane, Australia on April 29, 2025. Asanka Ratnayake/Getty Images
Politicians don’t just weather crises. They guzzle them, roll about in them, and then smear the muck theatrically across their faces like it’s a day spa.
Nothing sends a leader’s pulse racing faster than catastrophe. A flood, a trade war, or a mysteriously timed lettuce shortage, and suddenly, they’re in hi-vis on the evening news, windswept, solemn, and wildly overexposed. Approval ratings spike faster than avocado prices in Bondi.
