When Prime Minister Anthony Albanese introduced Chris Minns to the raucous crowd on Saturday night in a small, sweaty ballroom, the premier-to-be was mobbed.
At the back of the room, peering over the sea of limbs and iPhones, was Jamie Clements, the scandal-prone party apparatchik whom some Labor officials credit with ushering Minns into parliament among a clutch of new party talent after the crushing 2015 defeat.
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Mark Di Stefano is Rear Window columnist, based in the Sydney newsroom. He previously worked at BuzzFeed, the Financial Times and The Information before joining the Financial Review as a media and tech correspondent. Connect with Mark on Twitter. Email Mark at mark.distefano@afr.com
