The Chaser, the satirical news outlet, led its election night coverage with this: “Labor secures bigger majority, excited to do nothing with it”.

Their clairvoyancy is to be admired, because nothing the Prime Minister has said since being reelected with a bigger majority of seats disproves their point.

Albanese has been busy lowering people’s expectations with his self-serving “I don’t pretend to be a revolutionary; I’m a reformist” quip.

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Labor won the small target election strategy contest against the Coalition. Its campaign focused on already announced reforms to the public health system, Medicare, investment in childcare, free vocational training and a 20% cut to all university student debt. It had an additional $1.52 billion for seat-by-seat bribes.

Labor avoided speaking about international issues, especially Israel’s war on Palestine. It avoided talking up the unpopular AUKUS military pact with Donald Trump and its “climate policy” caved into the fossil fuel corporations.

While mainstream pundits are talking up Labor’s chances of staying in power for another term after this, they discount the growing alienation from what the major parties have on offer and the swinging voter trend.

Albanese likes to position Labor as........

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