With a huge electoral buffer and a broken opposition, the PM has a rare opportunity to move beyond tedious binary politics to something more inclusive
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After a brutal summer, the prime minister has emerged from the shock, hurt and anger in the community personally damaged but perversely well-placed to meet a national moment that demands nuance and empathy.
Having endured the jeers of some Jewish mourners at Bondi, Anthony Albanese has arrived at common purpose with rabbis in their call for mitzvah, which translates into something close to Albanese’s professed politics of kindness.