Labor’s aspiring new leader and NSW leftwinger says he can unite both a shellshocked party and a nation divided
In 2013, when Anthony Albanese first hoped he would become Labor leader and face off against the newly elected Tony Abbott after a ruinous two terms in government, being the frontman seemed an unexpected landing point for a person who had spent much of his political life in the backroom.
Back in 2013, I referenced Albanese’s talent for furtive ubiquity, personified by his starring role in the wonderful 1996 Bob Connolly and Robin Anderson documentary, Rats in the Ranks. The New South Wales Labor leftwinger managed to put in a star turn in the documentary, being everywhere, without appearing on camera once. “I got presented with a trophy for the best non-appearance in a feature film,” Albanese notes in an interview with Guardian Australia this week. “I dunno where it is now, but I’ve still got it somewhere”.
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