CANBERRA STAFF

ALRIGHT, HE WAS wearing a baseball cap, but the sight of the Prime Minister of the Commonwealth of Australia having to explain who he was to a crowd of women protesting against domestic violence has government party bigwigs in Canberra holding up their hands in horror.

For the record, his name is Anthony Albanese. He’s been in office since May 2022. Yeah!

Still doesn’t quite ring a bell?

Well, he’s the leader of the Australian Labor Party, and consequently the Federal Prime Minister. That’s the leader of the whole of Australia, not just a state or two.

Getting there?

How about this? He likes to travel, a lot, and he likes to have photographs taken of himself. Heaps. But he doesn’t really like discussing things. And he doesn’t seem to like travelling with Chris Bowen either. And he can’t abide being kept waiting. And he really hates disrespect.

“So don’t diss him,” commented an anonymous Labor Party advisor outside Parliament House. “Remember, he runs the country.”

“Yeah, into the fucking ground,” shouted a passer by.