Incoming governments traditionally experience a brief honeymoon period after winning office – allowing senior ministers to get their feet under their desks, hire staff and get on top of their brief – before starting to address the promises they made during the election campaign.

But Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and Energy and Climate Change Minister Chris Bowen were confronted by a full-blown energy crisis only a day after the Labor government’s full ministry was sworn in at Government House on Wednesday.