Anthony Albanese has now been prime minister longer than Paul Keating. Keating looms large in the Labor Party’s psyche, all the evidence points to Albanese playing a different but dominant cultural role in creating a Labor Party that gains and maintains power.He knocked off Scott Morrison, defeated Peter Dutton and saw Sussan Ley swapped for Angus Taylor, won Labor 94 seats and reached the midpoint of his second term with uncontested authority.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles
What the melonisation of Australian politics tells us
While deals on NDIS, gambling and news bargains laws were being hammered out by Angus Taylor and Anthony Albanese — the political noise was gays and melons.














