Opinion
Takeover should help stabilise Albanese
In his short period at the helm of the ALP, Anthony Albanese has shown he is not afraid of taking on seemingly entrenched structures and figures.
Phillip CooreyPolitical editorClearly Anthony Albanese would have preferred the branch stacking crisis inside the Victorian branch of the Labor Party had not occurred.
But given it did, he needs to make a virtue of taking strong and decisive action and clean it up.
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Phillip Coorey is the political editor based in Canberra. He is a two-time winner of the Paul Lyneham award for press gallery excellence. Connect with Phillip on Facebook and Twitter. Email Phillip at pcoorey@afr.com
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