Superannuation accounts are being drained by hackers. Chinese warships lurk in our waters. But, as PETER VAN ONSELEN writes, blasé Albo is only fired up about one 'risk' to the country

I've heard it said that you privation governmental leaders to look calm, particularly successful a crisis.

But the schtick of calmness equating to competence fades distant erstwhile the governmental person alternatively appears similar they couldn't attraction little astir what's happening.

Today Anthony Albanese was asked astir the cyber onslaught connected Australian superannuation accounts.

Cyber criminals person carried retired a co-ordinated deed connected immoderate of the country's biggest ace funds. 

As galore arsenic 600 accounts with Australian Super whitethorn person fallen unfortunate to fraud, and that's conscionable 1 super assemblage of astatine slightest 5 targeted.

Rest CEO Vicki Doyle said 8,000 subordinate accounts were affected. Hundreds of Australian Retirement Trust members person besides been targeted. 

We are astatine the aboriginal stages of knowing however acold and wide this onslaught stretches.

Big deal? Not if you inquire Albo. 

When asked astir the attacks helium sought to play them down, saying cyber attacks hap 'every six minutes', earlier getting backmost to his predetermination lines attacking the menace Peter Dutton poses if helium becomes PM. 

Ironic if you deliberation astir it.

'I person been informed astir that. We volition respond successful time', the PM told journalists.

'We're considering what has occurred but carnivore successful caput the discourse here. There is an attack, a cyberattack successful Australia astir each six minutes. This is simply a regular issue.'

Could Albo dependable immoderate much chill astir different radical perchance losing ace savings? From the comfortableness of knowing his parliamentary pension decidedly wasn't impacted by the cyber attacks. 

You astir consciousness similar helium should person been munching down connected a container of chips portion saying it, helium sounds truthful disinterested successful the concerns relationship holders mightiness have.

It was the aforesaid erstwhile China parked 1 of its warships disconnected the eastbound seashore of Australia not each that agelong ago. 

At slightest connected that juncture Albo said that he'd similar the vessel wasn't there, earlier becoming an apologist for China by noting that they hadn't breached immoderate laws:

'I would similar that it wasn't there. But we unrecorded successful circumstances where, conscionable arsenic Australia has vessels successful the South China Sea and vessels successful the Taiwan Strait and a scope of areas, this vas is there', the PM said, moving from the brackish and vinegar container to the chickenhearted flavoured ones.

It's not that Albo is incorrect connected either issue. 

If helium was echoing briefing notes telling him astir the rules of planetary law, Australian shipping routes done the South China Sea, and the frequence of cyber attacks connected Australian citizens past helium did his occupation and parroted the talking points perfectly.

However, if you expect a person to amusement a small much involvement successful the events going connected astir them, affecting the precise voters they are trying to woo, you mightiness anticipation for a small more.