It's a tale of two prime ministers.When Kevin Rudd was prime minister, the standing joke among colleagues was that they would line up and rush to get their work ticked off whenever his deputy, Julia Gillard, was acting PM.It was one of the early signals that despite a landslide election victory, Rudd's autocratic style and habit of labouring over decisions was eroding his authority.This week a senior government source told me the opposite was now the case.Ministers instead look to Prime Minister Anthony Albanese whenever there is a contentious or difficult decision to be made.That was on full display last week, with the cabinet unable to land a position on Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke's proposal on immigration cuts.Instead, members of cabinet decided to defer a decision until the PM was back on deck, a measure of Albanese's dominance.The leak of the cabinet stalemate over immigration policy was a rare lapse in discipline for the government This has given Hanson and One Nation room to be an alternative voice to government.Albanese will have to show Labor understands those pressures while ensuring the government's policy doesn't risk the ire of parts of multicultural communities.The PM will also want to avoid looking like this isn't a response to Hanson.If Albanese can't get hold of this issue, he risks opening a flank the two leaders, Taylor and Hanson, will happily spend the parliament sitting week trying to make even wider.Then there is gambling