As melon-gate raged, Albanese quietly cut deals in parliament. The PM should make some noise this week | Josh Butler

With gambling, the news bargaining incentive and NDIS reform all set to pass, the PM needs to get the focus off fruit and on to policy

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Last week’s melon-gate controversy was a pretty unedifying spectacle for everyone involved.

There’s much more important work to be done in this parliamentary week, with a logjam of long-awaited reform landing all at once.

But beyond the immediate – disability, media, gambling harms, and a looming fight on immigration – it will give a glimpse into how the major parties plan to combat the rising populist rage from the right.