ANALYSIS: In just four days, the playing field has changed for Albanese
As already mentioned, he survived all this last year. But last week, when Miller gave frank evidence about her old boss at, the two controversies twined together into a horrific two-ply of doom, and the result will be a by-election in Aston soon.
The parliamentary gossip vultures love nothing better than a still-warm carcass to roost upon while speculating about succession, and Tudge had barely embarked upon his dismal walk back to the pavilion when the air came alive with chatter that former tennis pro and treasurer Josh Frydenberg would be staging a comeback via Aston.
And sure, there are huge dramatic possibilities here, including a reintroduction of active leadership tensions to a Liberal Party which has been without them for a truly unusual period of time. Aston, despite having a margin of only 2.8 per cent, may well be safer than it looks, given that it was a 10 per cent margin seat before Tudge developed a twinkle in his eye.
Disappointingly, however, the ABC understands Frydenberg is not yet ready to leave his family or his private sector career, known in the trade as "doing less with more."Space to play or pause, M to mute, left and right arrows to seek, up and down arrows for volume.
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