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Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?

Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?

Update: 2025-11-21
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Author and columnist Sean Kelly says despite Labor’s overwhelming majority and an opposition largely consumed by its own infighting, there are signs that Anthony Albanese’s government will waste the opportunity handed to them by the Australian people. Kelly talks to Guardian Australia political editor Tom McIlroy about his new Quarterly essay, which examines the Labor party’s move away from idealism towards pragmatism. And the former Rudd and Gillard staffer argues that while Albanese’s caution has won him two elections, it could also become the prime minister’s greatest weakness
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Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?

Will Albanese’s caution become his weakness?

The Guardian