Anthony Albanese and Peter Dutton limber up and try to adjust their fighting stances as old roles are reversed in question time. | Tony Wright | SKETCH auspol
It takes a bit of adjustment to the footwork when you find your pugilistic roles are reversed after nine long years in the ring.
Albanese was playing to the crowd, feigning to make good on his promise of a fair contest, only to resort to the sly jolt with the elbow and looking pretty happy about it. Albanese had, and was already sitting down, pretty smug that Dutton had chucked the round by admitting he didn’t know whether he had a point of order or not.Albanese and his seconds merrily used question time to spruik their economic, energy, health and education agendas, thanks in large part to Dorothy Dixers, and Dutton and his team tried to continue linking Albanese with union thuggery.
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