The PM’s biggest problem isn’t calling Grace Tame ‘difficult’. It’s that he can’t admit he’s wrong

February 26, 2026 — 3:16pm

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If an entire country misunderstands something you say, are the people at fault for not knowing your intentions, or are you at fault for being clumsy with your words?

And if your subsequent apology is ham-fisted and comes across as unaware and insincere, who cops the blame then?

After Prime Minister Anthony Albanese called Grace Tame “difficult” on Wednesday during an onstage game in which he was asked to describe people using just one word, this is the conundrum he now faces.

He says he was simply trying to convey that the former Australian of the Year and child sex abuse survivor has had a difficult life.

“Grace Tame has taken what is personal trauma and that awful experience that she had and channelled that into helping, in particular, other........

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