Until about 3pm on Thursday, Anthony Albanese had not put a foot wrong in his bid for re-election. Confident, sharp and relentlessly on message, the prime minister appeared a different person to his disastrous first week on the hustings in 2022.
But after a speech to a mining union conference in the NSW Hunter Valley, he stumbled badly and fell off the back of the stage while posing for photos.
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Tom McIlroy is the Financial Review’s Canberra bureau chief based in the press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously the AFR’s political correspondent. Connect with Tom on Twitter. Email Tom at thomas.mcilroy@afr.com
Ronald Mizen is the Financial Review’s political correspondent, reporting from the press gallery at Parliament House, Canberra. Connect with Ronald on Twitter. Email Ronald at ronald.mizen@afr.com
