SYDNEY ¨C The incumbent prime minister, Scott Morrison, pushed Australia to the right and called himself ¡°a bit of a bulldozer.¡± His Labor challenger, Anthony Albanese, ran as a modest Mr. Fix-It, promising to seek ¡°renewal, not revolution.¡±
In the end, moderation triumphed. Albanese won Saturday¡¯s election with a campaign that was gaffe-prone and light on policy but promised a more decent form of politics, delivering a stark rejection of Morrison after nearly a decade of conservative leadership in Australia.
It was a combination that carried powerful echoes of U.S. President Joe Biden¡¯s victory in 2020. Both Albanese and Biden are political lifers, working-class battlers with decades of experience in government and reputations for pragmatic compromise.
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