Alan Kohler: Albanese’s note to self – Don’t get blamed for the Morrison crises

Anthony Albanese's list of inherited crises is long and growing by the day, writes Alan Kohler. Photo: TND

Governments usually change after recessions, not before them, so the job is a nice one – to manage the recovery.

But not only is the new Labor government facing a sharp economic slowdown, and possibly a Whitlam-style recession, it’s dealing with multiple crises from the failures of its predecessor.