Victorian Labor has wounded itself. Albanese would be wise to learn the lessons

AdvertisementPoliticsFederalPolitical leadership Opinion Victorian Labor has wounded itself. Their opponents’ ineptitude, coupled with hubris and corrosive governing practices, turned Victorian Labor into an outfit that’s now talked about by Labor ministers in Canberra and Sydney as what not to be. What, then, are the lessons for a dominant Anthony Albanese in how to avoid the disease that has afflicted Victorian Labor? AdvertisementAdvertisementRelated Article Political leadership Albanese once took on his own frontbench. AdvertisementIn Victoria, Andrews pushed out ministers (Gavin Jennings, Jill Hennessy, Jenny Mikakos, Philip Dalidakis) who acted as counterweights.