The Albo Diaries - Week 12

The Albo Diaries - Week 17

The Albo Diaries - Week 17 From the archive. Pages dated 2019-2025. Bill loses the "unloseable" election. The leadership is finally his. Three years of agreeing with Scott Morrison about COVID. Three years that worked. The Voice - that didn't work. The car ride home. The cheese that knew. Saturday December 13, 2025. A quiet morning at Kirribilli. The phone isn't ringing, which means everything is fine. The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this. The final folder. Written and performed by Rupert Degas. Get full access to Rupert Degas at rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe [https://rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Albo Diaries - Week 16

The Albo Diaries - Week 16 From the archive. Pages dated 1985-2010. First day in Canberra. First free pie at the Members' Bar. Becomes Assistant General Secretary of NSW Labor at 26 and pockets a Texta. Delivers a maiden speech he sincerely believes rivals "It's Time." Joins Kevin's cabinet. Spreads the word about Kevin. Discovers, three hours later, what's actually happening. The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this. The office continues to be generous. Written and performed by Rupert Degas. Get full access to Rupert Degas at rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe [https://rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Albo Diaries - Week 15

The Albo Diaries - Week 15 From the archive. Pages dated 1979-1984. Anthony joins the Party at 16. Discovers brie. Tells his first lie. Drinks French champagne the night Hawke wins. Cries. Saves the Political Economy Department from neo-classical contamination. Accepts a salary from Tom Uren and immediately buys a wheel of cheese. The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be reading this. While Rupert is away, the office that supplies these diaries has been generous. Written and performed by Rupert Degas. Get full access to Rupert Degas at rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe [https://rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Albo Diaries - Week 14

The Prime Minister keeps a diary. He calls it his 'legacy document'. You are not supposed to be hearing this. He's slipping in the polls. One Nation has passed Labor. And he's become convinced someone has bugged the only room he has left. This week: a budget the young didn't read, a ladder quietly pulled up behind him, a smoke alarm mistaken for a listening device, and the growing suspicion that the leak might be coming from inside the house. "It's not lying. It's the opposite of lying. It's growth." Written, performed and produced by Rupert Degas. No ads, no sponsor, no editor, no boss. Read the full diary and subscribe Coming up: for the next three Tuesdays, selected excerpts from Albo's Diaries - the university years, the Rudd-Gillard knife, and the night he finally got the job. Normal service resumes Tuesday 7 July. Get full access to Rupert Degas at rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe [https://rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]

The Albo Diaries - Week 13

The Prime Minister keeps a diary he thinks no one is reading. This week: seven women get off a plane he absolutely did not send, he booms his contempt for ISIS straight over the head of the one bloke it was about, the whole world watches Canberra fail to define what a woman is, and Pauline takes the lead in the polls. Written and performed by Rupert Degas. No ads, no sponsor, no editor, no boss. Buy me a coffee or upgrade to paid to keep it that way. Get full access to Rupert Degas at rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe [https://rupertdegas.substack.com/subscribe?utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=CTA_4]