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Politics Now · July 23 · 27 min

Albanese's 'antidote' to One Nation

Day one of the National Labor conference has wrapped up, with Anthony Albanese's political authority on full display. The Prime Minister used his opening address to speak about the rise of One Nation and contrast grievance politics with pragmatic solutions. And while a broken escalator saw Anthony Albanese stumble slightly, there was no sign of that on the conference floor, with backroom factional deals largely sewn up to avoid "barneys". But there are warnings a "politically managed" conference could have risks, with rebel backbencher Ed Husic suggesting 'being allergic to dissent and dispute' won't work in Labor's long term interest. Patricia Karvelas and David Speers break it all down on Politics Now.Listen to The Party Room Question time here Read David's analysis on the Labor conference here Got a burning question? Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at thepartyroom@abc.net.au

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Day one of the National Labor conference has wrapped up, with Anthony Albanese's political authority on full display.

The Prime Minister used his opening address to speak about the rise of One Nation and contrast grievance politics with pragmatic solutions.

And while a broken escalator saw Anthony Albanese stumble slightly, there was no sign of that on the conference floor, with backroom factional deals largely sewn up to avoid "barneys".

But there are warnings a "politically managed" conference could have risks, with rebel backbencher Ed Husic suggesting 'being allergic to dissent and dispute' won't work in Labor's long term interest.

Patricia Karvelas and David Speers break it all down on Politics Now.Listen to The Party Room Question time here Read David's analysis on the Labor conference here

Got a burning question?

Send a short voice recording to PK and Fran for Question Time at thepartyroom@abc.net.au

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