Marles plays a defensive bat on nuclear as the government rushes to get though late work
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
Richard Marles is an ambitious man who hasn’t given up the dream of one day reaching the top job. But, despite being deputy prime minister, his profile is much lower than that of Treasurer Jim Chalmers, the candidate considered most likely to succeed Anthony Albanese as Labor’s leader.
The treasurer was at his most hyperactive this...