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Anthony Albanese
Anthony Norman Albanese ( AL-bə-neez-ee or AL-bə-neez; born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician serving as Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labor Party since 2019. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Grayndler since 1996. Albanese served as the 15th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in 2013 and a Cabinet Minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 to 2013. Albanese was born in Sydney and attended St Mary's Cathedral College, before going on to the University of Sydney to study economics. He joined the Labor Party as a student, and before entering parliament worked as a party official and research officer. Albanese was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1996 election, winning the Division of Grayndler in New South Wales. He was first appointed to the Shadow Cabinet in 2001 and went on to serve in a number of roles, eventually becoming Manager of Opposition Business in 2006. After Labor's victory in the 2007 election, Albanese was appointed Leader of the House; he was also made Minister for Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. In the subsequent leadership tensions between Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard from 2010 to 2013, Albanese was publicly critical of the conduct of both, calling for unity. After the final leadership ballot between the two in June 2013, Albanese was elected Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia the following day. Following Labor's defeat in the 2013 election, Albanese stood against Bill Shorten in the ensuing leadership election, the first to include party members as well as MPs. Although Albanese won a large majority of the membership, Shorten won more heavily among Labor MPs; Shorten subsequently appointed Albanese to his Shadow Cabinet. After Labor's third consecutive defeat in the 2019 election, Shorten resigned. Albanese became the only person to nominate in the leadership election; he was subsequently declared elected unopposed as the Leader of the Labor Party, becoming Leader of the Opposition.
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Born
1963-03-02
Birth Place
Sydney, Australia
Nickname(s)
Albo
Education
University_of_Sydney
Political Ideology
Australian_Labor_Party
Religion
Catholic_Church
Spouse(s)
2019_Australian_Labor_Party_leadership_election
Children
1
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After two years with Anthony Albanese at the helm, Labor feels Scott Morrison can be beaten

At the beginning of budget week, on 10 May, Labor’s marginal seat holders gathered in Canberra for a half-day session with the party’s national secretary, Paul Erickson. The gathering was predominantly focussed on digital strategy. But at one point during the session, the frontbencher Michelle Rowland, who holds her western Sydney seat on a margin of 2.8%, asked Erickson a more existential question. What was the pathway to victory in the forthcoming election?
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Anthony Albanese pledges $10bn social housing fund in Labor’s federal budget reply

Anthony Albanese will establish a new $10bn social housing fund to build 30,000 affordable homes for vulnerable Australians and frontline workers if Labor wins the next federal election, as he promises to “deliver for working families” as prime minister. The opposition leader also used the traditional budget in reply speech...
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Anthony Albanese slams ‘confusing’ messaging on international border

Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese has slammed the government’s “confusing” messaging over the opening of the international border. The federal budget is modelled on the international border lifting in 2022. Mr Albanese told Ben Fordham the government’s messaging is “very confusing”. “The government needs to keep a single message for...
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Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese’s message for Orthodox Easter

The Hon Anthony Albanese, Leader of the Australian Labor Party, has delivered a message to Orthodox Christians for Easter, which you can read here- On behalf of the Australian Labor Party, it gives me great pleasure to wish the Australian Greek community a happy and Holy Orthodox Easter. After a...
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Anthony Albanese launches a full-throated attack against 'creep' Andrew Laming after shocking harassment claims made by several women

Anthony Albanese has launched a full-throated attack against 'creep' Andrew Laming while announcing Labor's candidate for his Queensland seat. The federal opposition leader said Dr Laming had brought politics into disrepute by harassing two women and taking a photograph of another without her consent while her underwear was exposed. 'This...
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Anthony Albanese backs Tasmanian Labor leader in bitter row with candidate forced to step down over 'inappropriate' text messages

Anthony Albanese has weighed in on bitter internal stoushes marring Labor's Tasmanian election campaign, backing the 'courageous' decisions of state leader Rebecca White. Labor's bid to oust the Liberal state government at the May 1 poll has fallen into disarray after one candidate was forced to step down over 'inappropriate' text messages and another criticised party policy.
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Coalition support falls in three states as it loses MALE voters amid Liberal Party sex scandals - but Scott Morrison increases his lead over Anthony Albanese

The federal coalition has lost significant ground in Western Australia and Queensland and faces collapse in South Australia, but has improved slightly in Victoria and remains relatively stable in NSW, a Newspoll analysis shows. The analysis of three months worth of data and published in The Australian also shows the...
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Labor promises cheaper electric cars and hundreds of 'community batteries' to lower emissions and power prices if Anthony Albanese becomes prime minister

Labor has pledged cheaper electric cars and community batteries to drive down power bills if Anthony Albanese becomes prime minister. The climate and energy pitch was unveiled on the second day of the ALP's special platform conference, which discussed the divisive policy areas without disagreement. An elected Labor government would...
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Anthony Albanese claims ignorance of controversial union ad

Opposition leader Anthony Albanese has denied knowledge of a controversial advertisement which depicts the Prime Minister driving over workers. The CFMEU’s television ad, which superimposes Scott Morrison to appear as though he is driving a bus towards workers and smirking, evoked anger from the Attorney-General among others. Jim Wilson questioned...
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Politics with Michelle Grattan: Anthony Albanese on his new frontbench, Joel Fitzgibbon, and Labor's imminent workplace policy

Last year, Anthony Albanese was criticised for his lack of cut-through during the COVID crisis, as Labor was sidelined by a hyperactive government. This year, amid ALP leadership speculation and now a shadow ministry reshuffle, Albanese is seeking to assert himself more forcefully, declaring last week “I will be leader of this country after the next election”. With that election possible within the year, the need for Labor to outline its policies, including on climate change and industrial relations, is becoming more pressing. Albanese is still intent on taking his time on climate policy, where international developments are fast-moving, but the IR...