The Albo Diaries

Anthony Albanese keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading it. His office describes it as "a fabrication."

A UK PM falls, and a rattled Albo grabs the two biggest ideas a frightened man can find - artificial intelligence, and your superannuation.

He writes Keir Starmer a farewell letter that's really about himself, and gives a landmark AI speech - his big qualification being that he once sold Australians the hole in the wall.And he decides your super is, on reflection, a national asset.

He's sure he's not Keir. He's sure it'll be fine.No ads, no sponsors, no editor, no boss. Support the work here or upgrade to paid to keep it that way. Cheers

"You can't bring up a man's human rights when he's just complimented your lentils."

The private diary of Anthony Albanese, PM (for now) - the pages he doesn't know you're reading.

This week: Modi fills a stadium, and Albo lies awake working out who owns the cup. The Welcome to Country gets defended with a door analogy that quietly hands the whole argument away. Pauline wants one culture. The Socceroos - claimed by both sides - fly home. And the right sets fire to its own half while he stands very still and calls it strategy.

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Anthony Albanese poured the whisky himself, sat down with a comedian in the Lodge, and played "shag, marry, date." Then he apologised - unequivocally, and without seeming to know what for.

This week's diary is the view from inside his head - the podcast triumph nobody else can see, the loyal soldier sent out to defend him, and the one thing he can't quite look at in the kitchen.

The Albo Diaries - a weekly satirical column and podcast, written as the private diary of Anthony Albanese, PM (For Now).

The Albo Diaries - Week 17

From the archive. Pages dated 2019-2025.

Bill loses the "unloseable" election. The leadership is finally his. Three years of agreeing with Scott Morrison about COVID. Three years that worked. The Voice - that didn't work. The car ride home. The cheese that knew. Saturday December 13, 2025. A quiet morning at Kirribilli. The phone isn't ringing, which means everything is fine.

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this. The final folder.

Written and performed by Rupert Degas.

The Albo Diaries - Week 16

From the archive. Pages dated 1985-2010.

First day in Canberra. First free pie at the Members' Bar. Becomes Assistant General Secretary of NSW Labor at 26 and pockets a Texta. Delivers a maiden speech he sincerely believes rivals "It's Time." Joins Kevin's cabinet. Spreads the word about Kevin. Discovers, three hours later, what's actually happening.

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this. The office continues to be generous.

Written and performed by Rupert Degas.

The Albo Diaries - Week 15

From the archive. Pages dated 1979-1984.

Anthony joins the Party at 16. Discovers brie. Tells his first lie. Drinks French champagne the night Hawke wins. Cries. Saves the Political Economy Department from neo-classical contamination. Accepts a salary from Tom Uren and immediately buys a wheel of cheese.

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this. While Rupert is away, the office that supplies these diaries has been generous.

Written and performed by Rupert Degas.

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be hearing this.

He's slipping in the polls. One Nation has passed Labor. And he's become convinced someone has bugged the only room he has left.

This week: a budget the young didn't read, a ladder quietly pulled up behind him, a smoke alarm mistaken for a listening device, and the growing suspicion that the leak might be coming from inside the house.

"It's not lying. It's the opposite of lying. It's growth."

Written, performed and produced by Rupert Degas. No ads, no sponsor, no editor, no boss.

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Coming up: for the next three Tuesdays, selected excerpts from Albo's Diaries - the university years, the Rudd-Gillard knife, and the night he finally got the job. Normal service resumes Tuesday 7 July.

The Prime Minister keeps a diary he thinks no one is reading. This week: seven women get off a plane he absolutely did not send, he booms his contempt for ISIS straight over the head of the one bloke it was about, the whole world watches Canberra fail to define what a woman is, and Pauline takes the lead in the polls.

Written and performed by Rupert Degas.

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"The week the AI got me to look kind".

The memes. The walk-away. Hughesy turning on me. Minns going for the throat. And Pauline catching me in MY colour.

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this.

Written and performed by Rupert Degas.

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The Albo Diaries — Week 11

"We brought lived experience into politics. Now it owns half the apartments in Brunswick."

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He thinks no one is reading it. That's why he says everything.

This week: a budget that breaks a fifty-time election promise, a cabinet that owns sixty-odd investment properties between them, and a man quietly thrilled about a gala in New York while the country reads the fine print.

Written and performed by Rupert Degas.

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