Aug 28, 2026 – 8.00pmBy coincidence rather than design, this week ended with two ministers, both from the NSW Right faction, and both who fancy themselves as leadership material, looking like they’d been rolled by the prime minister.Chris Bowen and Tony Burke, naturally, contest this perception, starting with Bowen, who hung a lantern over his predicament with an unsolicited protest on Friday that he had indeed prevailed at national cabinet this week.Subscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe.Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fetching latest articles