PROMISE AND PERFORMANCE: THE ALBANESE GOVERNMENT 2022-2025

This is the first in-depth review of the Albanese Labor Government’s first term, offering a critical yet fair assessment of its performance and impact. Bringing together academic and expert voices, the volume goes beyond recounting events to ask whether the government has left a lasting mark on Australian politics. Was it reformist in the tradition of Hawke-Keating or more in line with Whitlam-era ideals? Contributors examine key reforms, their measurable outcomes, and whether success or failure lay within the government’s control or broader external forces.