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Albanese was on the brink of a disastrous misstep — but then came the pivot

Anthony Albanese has stepped in to steer messaging over the fuel crisis. (ABC News: Matt Roberts)

When Scott Morrison declared that it was not "a race" to procure vaccines first and fast into Australia during the COVID pandemic, it was another nail in the coffin of his languishing prime ministership.

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The Albanese government has been on the brink of a similar moment. But over the past week, there has been a pivot in the fuel crisis, and the PM has been meeting the moment.

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Monday’s national cabinet meeting is not likely to endorse petrol rationing across Australia – but you can see more serious government interventions on the horizon.

The Albanese government doesn’t expect this fuel crisis to suddenly resolve itself.

“Even if this conflict was to end tomorrow, there is going to be a long tail … this situation is not going to end any time soon,” the environment minister, Murray Watt, warned on Sunday.

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