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Go the Hawkitohs!

Anthony Albanese over three panels changes his shirt from South Sydney Rabbitohs to Hawthorn Hawks. A person alerts him that he is in Melbourne in the first panel.

Despite having been opposition leader since 2019, Anthony Albanese remained something of an unknown quantity for many voters in the lead-up to the federal election. In contrast to the Australian Labor Party’s dense policy platform in 2019, this time around Albanese maintained a ‘small target’ approach to campaigning in an effort to avoid alienating voters.