A nthony Albanese had plenty of reasons to feel at home at the UK Labour party conference in Liverpool last weekend. Invited by Keir Starmer to deliver a major address, decades of attending party meetings in Australia clearly showed for the visiting prime minister.

Some of the policy challenges were familiar as well.

Britain’s new housing secretary, Steve Reed, addressed the massive convention centre wearing a bright red Donald Trump-style cap emblazoned with the slogan “Build, baby, build”.

Just like federal Labor’s efforts to address housing supply and affordability issues here in Australia, Reed told the conference the slow pace of home construction across the UK was hurting families and young people and needed urgent attention. His slogan was taken up by young activists, who beli

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