A βprofound failure of judgement.β
Thatβs how Australian opposition leader Sussan Ley described the actions of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese when he returned from the United States.
On 23 October, the leader of the centre-left Labor party stepped off the plane in casual attire, wearing a t-shirt emblazoned with the name of influential British post-punk band Joy Division and the cover of their seminal 1979 debut studio album βUnknown Pleasuresβ.
Itβs an iconic tee, featuring Peter Savilleβs image of radio waves from pulsar CP 1919 from The Cambridge Encyclopaedia of Astronomy. You'll find it sold everywhere from H&M to Hot Topic, and worn by both die-hard Ian Curtis fans and try-hard hipsters wishing to rack up credibility points in a desperate plea to seem ed
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