Australian Prime Ministers

The first 125 years of Australian nationhood have produced 31 Prime Ministers—a rich cast of characters diverse in personality, background, ability, and achievement. From Edmund Barton to Anthony Albanese, they share (even the more unlikely of them) a common drive for power. Intelligence, imagination, nous, stamina, guts—this is what it takes to handle this unique job successfully, and, usually, a dash of luck. In practice, no leader can bring or sustain all those qualities, and that gives a …