As federal Labor apes Victorian Labor, Pauline Hanson wins

Two minor events, relatively unimportant in the scheme of things yesterday, point out how the fragmentation of the right has combined with Labour’s political tactics to produce a nasty mess.

This article will not make pleasant reading for Labor fans, but the more thoughtful might consider what has gone wrong for a politically dominant government that should be preparing itself to lead Australia into the mid-21st century but is increasingly mired in third-rate politics.

Yesterday Anthony Albanese he tweeted A photo of himself and his colleagues with Victorian Prime Minister Jacinta Allan in his left hand.