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Flat White

History stands against Albanese

19 May 2022

4:00 AM

19 May 2022

4:00 AM

If the polls are to be believed, a thumping Labor victory is to be expected at this week’s election. 

This is a stark reversal of fortune considering the unflattering speculation around Anthony Albanese only a year or so ago.

Albanese makes an unlikely Prime Minister. As a former activist from Labor’s Left faction (which has typically had minority status inside Labor’s federal parliamentary ranks), it’s fair to say that few would have seen him as a future leader, let alone Prime Minister.

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