For that’s what the joint decision by Britain, Australia and Canada to recognise a state of Palestine actually is. The Australian prime minister’s decision was aimed squarely at the left wing of his own partyAs in Britain, the Australian Labor government’s decision has polarised the country. Unfortunately, the Albanese government has made it clear that they will still recognise a Palestinian state, regardless of whether or not their own conditions are met. Australia’s decision to recognise Palestine now is politically expedient for Albanese and his governing Labor party. His is a decision that diminishes Australia but, with an opposition so impotent that he can act with impunity, Albanese will get away with it.