There's no denying it was a poor fashion choice. After the triumph in Washington, where he proved himself an adept Trump whisperer, deciding to step off the prime ministerial jet in casual clobber was poor judgment.

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Or was it?

In a week when the Coalition and its Sky News carnies had so much they could have talked about, they chose instead to focus on Albanese's Joy Division T-shirt, a matter of grave national importance.

If you were the PM, you couldn't have asked for a better Joy Diversion.

Forget issues like environmental law reform, skyrocketing energy prices, the housing cris

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