Grattan on Friday: Is it good for Labor, or Bill Shorten, for the former leader to stay in parliament?
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

In his first excursion as leader, Anthony Albanese this week visited the Queensland electorate of Longman. This seat tells, in microcosm, the story of Labor’s success and failure, hopes and disappointment between 2016 and May 18 2019.
The ALP wrested...