OPINION: Within the government there is an open acceptance that the so-called honeymoon is over, and the tough slog has begun.
n Monday this week, just six days shy of Labor’s first anniversary in power, Anthony Albanese’s veil slipped.
Ever since falling across the line at the May 21 federal election last year, Labor’s ascendancy has grown against a united, but weak and unpopular, Opposition.was a salient reminder, however, of not just Labor’s fragile hold on power in cold, numerical terms, but of the growing realisation that the Coalition was not the only threat that Labor faced.
The key ingredient over the past has been an almost-obsessive focus on policy, buttressed by a regard for process. Every minister, granted great autonomy by the prime minster, has been busy implementing change in their portfolios. The budget, albeit briefly, is back in surplus and foreign policy, especially in relation to China, is back on an even keel.Alex Ellinghausen
Either way, it is entirely consistent with the others in that Albanese’s personal ratings are still streets ahead of those of Opposition Leader Peter Dutton, even if the gloss has started to wear off.
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