If the Coalition is re-elected in May, during its next term it will surpass 10 years in power. It has already been in office for 8 years. Three full terms, three different prime ministers. A lost decade, according to Anthony Albanese this week. Whether or not that is true, it has certainly been a lost decade for many highly regarded Labor politicians who have languished on the wrong side of the Treasury benches since Kevin Rudd was resoundingly defeated in 2013.