Anthony Albanese’s election victory restores the faith of Labor’s true believers

With many supporters still bearing the scars of the 2019 election loss, it was only when the Western Australian results streamed in that they dared to dream

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It was only around the time the pyramid of Albo ale cans was built - red cylinders piled four rows high - that Labor supporters started daring to believe they'd gotten home.

Nine years in the wilderness of opposition and three crushing defeats had put up a wall of doubt among Labor faithful that they could pull this off. Three years of what many in the camp called PTSD" from the 2019 election was taken down, brick by brick as the ABC's Antony Green called another seat for Labor, or another loss for the Liberals.