The prime minister's reshuffle tells us much about political realities — and political problems.
Anthony Albanese can't escape the powerful symbolism. In October he is due to greet King Charles on Australian soil — hard on the heels of formally burying Labor's hopes of turning Australia into a republic.
Of course much has changed, even as the fundamentals stay the same. Charles's first visit as king will be brief and limited, just to New South Wales and the ACT. He's in the region for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Samoa. Dropping the republic post in the reshuffle was Albanese's nod to a political reality. Putting Tony Burke into the home affairs and immigration portfolio is an attempt to change a political dynamic.
Burke's mantra this week has been his priority of keeping Australians safe. He immediately jumped on a plane to Indonesia to attend talks on security and border control. The Coalition is attempting once again to talk up the prospect of more boat arrivals , but we can expect Burke to pull out all the stops on border control.The opposition is also condemning the return of ASIO to again come under the attorney-general rather than under the home affairs minister.
The general manager of the Fair Work Commission has been gathering evidence for the court application to put an administrator into the construction union. It's unclear whether the government will need to bring in legislation to facilitate the intervention. "The very first briefing that I received in this new role, within hours of being sworn in, focused on the legislation, where it was at, what further decisions needed to be made to finalise it. I had another briefing on that yesterday and gave further instructions and I'll be doing it again this morning," he told the ABC on Wednesday.
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