Awkward Albo moment caught on camera

News.com.au - 13/04
It was the awkward moment that the vast majority of Australians likely missed as Anthony Albanese launched his campaign.

It was the awkward moment that the vast majority of Australians likely missed as Anthony Albanese launched his campaign.

As he strides confidently into the room, the Prime Minister is all smiles holding hands with his partner Jodie and greeting the Labor faithful.

A grinning Jim Chalmers gives him a backslap. Penny Wong shakes his hand and then holds his hands for a moment.

But as he finds himself face-to-face with Tanya Plibersek, she goes in for a hug and he grabs her hands to block it. She registers it. He moves on.

It’s an awkward exchange to watch, made all the more poignant by the constant pitter patter of stories that the Prime Minister is sidelining his former leadership rival in the campaign or undermining her.

Mr Albanese’s partner Jodie subsequently does go in for a hug a few seconds later.

But for the briefest of moments, it was a reminder of the simmering tensions within a government that has been much more stable and unified than the Rudd-Gillard years.

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