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Albanese tops the list but with a fragile grip on power

The competitive tension between Albanese and Chalmers is also likely driven by the latter’s desire to carve his own legacy and vie for the top job at some stage.

Labor now governs with a grip on power – in the House of Representatives at least – rarely seen in the past two decades of Australian democracy.

That dominance was reflected in this year’s Power List that was stacked with figures from the party’s ranks and bereft of any representation from the Coalition or the crossbench.

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