It is always amusing to hear what wisdom a party in power offers its opponents because the ultimate goal of such advice is invariably to harm the vanquished. By that standard, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s Monday morning ‘analysis’ of the Victorian Liberals’ defeat at the hands of Chairman Dan speaks volumes.

Mr Albanese said:

‘The Liberal Party have failed to come to terms with modern Australia and they continue to cuddle up to some far-right elements… You can’t run a major political party by listening to what fringe elements are saying.