Dutton is unacceptable, but Labor under Albanese doesn’t deserve to be re-elected

Increasing numbers of political observers are arriving at the view that Anthony Albanese appears to be doing everything possible to assist Peter Dutton to look strong and visionary compared to his own hesitancy and timidity. Lost for an explanation, Jack Waterford wondered on these pages whether the Albanese strategy might be “part of some divinely appointed mission to save the two-party system”.