Albanese’s new lineup signposts Labor’s areas of greatest weakness and effectively concedes he made mistakes

The reshuffle is at least as much about redress and reinforcement as refresh – however the prime minister might choose to explain it

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The prime minister is making no admissions. To understand the real story of his reshuffle, heed less what he says and more what he has done.

And what he has done – because he couldn’t avoid it – is signpost his areas of greatest political weakness and effectively, if not actually, concede that in designing his ministry two years ago, he made mistakes.

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