Max, I've come to realise that Albanese, and the rest of Labor hate you so much because you remind them of what they probably thought they'd be when they entered politics - principled, and true to their progressive/left-wing values. Albanese is someone who, for decades, had what he would today call "extreme" and "radical" views, from Israel, the nationalisation of key industries, HECS, etc. He railed against Hawke and Keating's neoliberal "reforms", with arguments not too dissimilar to those you now make of him now. He has so much animosity to you because when he listens to you speak, he is reminded that he turned into the very thing he fought and opposed all those years ago. Keep fighting the good fight Max. Give it another crack in three years.