Albanese handing the Governor-General’s gig to tame activist Sam Mostyn gave the Liberals a perfect opportunity to call out Labor’s unfettered cronyism and obsession with rewarding identity politics.

Faced with that opening, the Liberals scuttled away like a swarm of cockroaches fleeing a sudden bright light. Opposition Leader Peter Dutton’s meek mention that Ms Mostyn was ‘well known’ to Labor had the oratory power of a damp sock.