Anthony Albanese was shaped by the circumstances of his childhood: a single mother, a council house, a love of the Labor Party. The question now is if his working-class background can help the ALP reconnect to its working-class base. James Button on making sense of the leader of the Opposition.

Guest: Journalist and former speechwriter James Button. 

Background reading:

Picking up the pieces in The Monthly. 

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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