83-415: [REDACTED] The Albanese ministry is the 73rd ministry of the Government of Australia . It is led by the country's 31st Prime Minister , Anthony Albanese . The Albanese ministry succeeded the second Morrison ministry , which resigned on 23 May 2022 following the federal election that took place on 21 May which saw Labor defeat Scott Morrison 's Liberal – National Coalition . Although counting
166-540: A Contiki tour , and Eastern Europe and Scandinavia as a backpacker . Upon returning to Australia, he began dating Carmel Tebbutt , with whom he would holiday in Europe and South-East Asia, plus a backpacking trip to India in 1991. Sometime during his 20s, Albanese also took part in a tour of the United States by the U.S. State Department , with a thematic focus on the interaction of advocacy groups with
249-724: A Quadrilateral Security Dialogue meeting with fellow world leaders: US president Joe Biden , Indian prime minister Narendra Modi and Japanese prime minister Fumio Kishida . At the meeting, Albanese committed his new government to the goals of the Quad and confirmed that his government would seek to take stronger action in reducing carbon emissions. On 5 June, Albanese and Penny Wong visited Indonesian president Joko Widodo in Jakarta to develop Australia–Indonesia relations . Albanese said he would not "publicly intervene" to prevent WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from being extradited to
332-822: A Senator for New South Wales since 2015 and previously served as the party's national president from 2011 to 2015. She is from the Socialist Left faction of the Labor Party. She is the Minister for Emergency Management and the Minister for Cities in the Albanese ministry . McAllister was born in Murwillumbah , on the north coast of New South Wales . She attended the University of Queensland from 1992–1995, majoring in politics and government, and
415-416: A bid for Australia and its Pacific island neighbours to host the 2024 United Nations Climate Change conference . In late-2022, his government announced reforms to the "safeguard mechanism", an emissions trading scheme that requires Australia's largest carbon emitters to keep their emissions under a "baseline limit", either by reducing them, or by purchasing carbon credits . The mechanism was introduced by
498-512: A cause to which he was particularly dedicated. In 1998 he unsuccessfully moved a private member's bill that would have given same-sex couples the same rights to superannuation as de facto heterosexual couples. Over the next nine years, he tried three more times without success, until the election of the Rudd government in 2007 saw the legislation passed. Albanese subsequently turned his attention to campaigning for same-sex marriage. In 1998, Albanese
581-560: A cleaner but suffered from chronic rheumatoid arthritis , with the family surviving on her disability pension and his grandmother's age pension. Albanese attended St Joseph's Primary School in Camperdown and then St Mary's Cathedral College . After finishing school, he worked for the Commonwealth Bank for two years before studying economics at the University of Sydney . There, he became involved in student politics and
664-565: A number of times in Italy, and he took his family there as well. His father died in 2014. He subsequently discovered that he had two half-siblings. During the Australian parliamentary eligibility crisis of 2017, it was noted that, although birth to an Italian father would ordinarily confer citizenship by descent , Albanese had no father recorded on his birth certificate and thus meets the parliamentary eligibility requirements of section 44 of
747-674: A visit to South-East Asia, which included: a meeting of the United Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific in Bangkok , Thailand; an Anzac Day dawn service at the Kanchanaburi War Cemetery with John Carrick ; and a tour of Cambodia alongside Bill Hayden 's daughter Ingrid. He then travelled extensively in 1988, visiting Zimbabwe , Zambia , Botswana , Western Europe on
830-493: Is an Australian politician serving as the 31st and current prime minister of Australia since 2022. He has been the leader of the Labor Party (ALP) since 2019 and the member of parliament (MP) for the New South Wales division of Grayndler since 1996. Albanese previously served as the 15th deputy prime minister under the second Rudd government in 2013. He held various ministerial positions from 2007 to 2013 in
913-538: Is designed to build 30,000 new social and affordable homes over the following five years in an effort to increase housing supply. In one of his first acts as prime minister on 27 May 2022, Albanese confirmed that his government would make a submission to the Fair Work Commission in support of an increase to the national minimum wage. On 2 June 2023, the Albanese government contributed to a decision by
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#1732775535314996-406: Is the first Italian-Australian prime minister in the country's history. Albanese secured confidence and supply from several crossbenchers in the event that he was unable to form majority government . However, on 30 May, it was projected that Labor had won at least 76 seats, enough to win a majority for the first time at the federal level since the 2007 election . Albanese's full ministry
1079-457: The 2022 NATO Madrid summit to discuss security threats facing the Pacific region. On 30 June, Albanese met with French president Emmanuel Macron in Paris to "reset" Australia–France relations , which had been damaged following the cancellation of a submarine deal by the preceding government. The next day, Albanese travelled to Ukraine to meet with President Volodymyr Zelenskyy , making him
1162-621: The African National Congress ". Albanese's mother died in 2002. After completing his economics degree in 1984, Albanese took on a role as a research officer to the then Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services , Tom Uren , who became a mentor to him. In 1989, the position of Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party became vacant when John Faulkner
1245-586: The Australian Capital Territory . At Albanese's first press conference as Prime Minister, the podium flags in the blue room at Parliament were changed to include Indigenous and Torres Strait Islander flags in addition to the Australian flag . Upon the opening of the new Parliament , both flags began to be displayed in the House of Representatives and Senate chambers. On 25 May 2022, in one of its first acts upon coming to government,
1328-674: The Constitution to include an Indigenous Voice to Parliament , updating Australia's climate targets in an effort to reach carbon neutrality by 2050, and supporting an increase to the national minimum wage . His government legislated a national anti-corruption commission , made major changes to Australian labour law and established the Royal Commission into the Robodebt Scheme . In foreign policy, Albanese pledged further logistical support to Ukraine to assist with
1411-422: The House of Representatives , he spoke about the building of a third runway at Sydney Airport , aircraft noise and the need to build a second airport to service Sydney, as well as his support for funding public infrastructure in general, multiculturalism , native title , the social wage and childcare. He concluded by saying, "For myself, I will be satisfied if I can be remembered as someone who will stand up for
1494-685: The Russo-Ukrainian war , attempted to strengthen relations in the Pacific region, and held several high-level discussions with Chinese president Xi Jinping , overseeing an easing of tensions and trade restrictions put on Australia by China. He also oversaw the official commencement of the AUKUS security pact between Australia, the United States, and the United Kingdom. Albanese was born on 2 March 1963 at St Margaret's Hospital in
1577-680: The Sydney suburb of Darlinghurst . He is the son of Carlo Albanese and Maryanne Ellery. His mother was an Australian of Irish descent, while his Italian father was from Barletta in Apulia . His parents met in March 1962 on a voyage from Sydney to Southampton , England , on the Sitmar Line 's TSS Fairsky , where his father worked as a steward, but did not continue their relationship afterwards, going their separate ways. Growing up, Albanese
1660-528: The Turnbull government in 2016, but failed to reduce emissions as the rules were often left unenforced. In March 2023, the Albanese government received the necessary support to pass the legislation from the Greens , who negotiated a "hard cap" on emissions that cannot be offset by carbon credits. The bill was passed on 30 March 2023, marking the most significant piece of climate change legislation passed through
1743-731: The University of Sydney , from which she graduated in 1996 with a Bachelor of Arts with first-class honours, majoring in political economy, politics and government. From 2002 to 2006 McAllister worked as an adviser to the Minister for Environment in the NSW Government. Between 2006 and 2010 she worked as a public servant in the NSW State Government. She subsequently joined AECOM Australia Pty Ltd as Strategic Advisor Water and Climate (2010–2013), progressing to Technical Director – Infrastructure Advisory (2013–2014) and
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#17327755353141826-470: The next Australian federal election , and also immediately step down from the ministry. On 27 July 2024, Carol Brown also announced she would step down from the assistant ministry due to health reasons. Albanese announced the new ministry on 28 July 2024. Malarndirri McCarthy and Jenny McAllister were selected unopposed by their Labor Left faction to replace Burney and O'Connor as ministers. McCarthy and Pat Conroy were elevated to cabinet. McCarthy, who
1909-481: 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 party unity. After supporting Rudd in the final leadership ballot between the two in June 2013, Albanese was elected the deputy leader of the Labor Party and sworn in as deputy prime minister the following day, a position he held for less than three months, as Labor
1992-572: The Albanese government allowed the Murugappan family to stay in Australia after the previous Morrison government had attempted to deport them. In February 2023, the Albanese government abolished temporary protection visas , allowing up to 19,000 asylum seekers to stay in Australia permanently. On 8 November 2023, the High Court of Australia ruled that indefinite detention of immigrants
2075-562: The Albanese government announced an overhaul of Australia's immigration system, with plans to cut the immigration intake in half to 250,000 by June 2025. In August 2023, Albanese reached an agreement with National Cabinet to build 1.2 million houses over five years. On 13 September 2023, the government passed the Housing Australia Future Fund, a $ 10 billion investment fund controlled by the Future Fund that
2158-603: The Australian parliament since the Clean Energy Act 2011 . In December 2023, the government legislated a "nature repair market" to create a biodiversity market to encourage private companies to invest in projects that protect biodiversity , and has committed to establishing a federal environmental protection agency. In his victory speech, Albanese expressed his support for the Uluru Statement from
2241-826: The Cabinet, he was able to argue for a doubling of the roads budget and a tenfold increase in rail investment. The establishment of Infrastructure Australia was regarded by many as a success; projects delivered through the Infrastructure Australia process included Melbourne's Regional Rail Link , the Hunter Expressway , the Ipswich Motorway , the Gold Coast light rail system G:link , the Redcliffe Peninsula railway line ,
2324-544: The Fair Work Commission with another letter encouraging a rise in the minimum wage in line with inflation. The government announced that a submission had been formally made to the commission on 3 June 2022 and that a "deliberate" policy of lower wages was not the policy of the new government. The Fair Work Commission subsequently announced on 15 June 2022 that the minimum wage would be raised by 5.2%. The government passed new workplace harassment laws through
2407-635: The Heart , and stated that his government would implement it in full within its first term. He pledged to hold a referendum to enshrine an Indigenous Voice to Parliament to assist the government with Indigenous issues, and recognise Indigenous Australians in Australia's constitution . The referendum was held on 14 October 2023 and the change to the Constitution was rejected by the majority of Australian voters and passed in no state or territory, bar
2490-606: The House of Representatives to become a majority government . After the swearing-in of the interim arrangement, during his first press conference as prime minister, Albanese announced that his first full ministry would be sworn in on 1 June 2022. The members of the ministry were announced on 31 May and sworn in the following day. Albanese announced on 25 July 2024 that he would refresh his ministry after two cabinet ministers, indigenous affairs minister Linda Burney and skills minister Brendan O'Connor announced that they would retire at
2573-401: The House. Burke's previous employment portfolio was gained by Murray Watt . Watt's agriculture portfolio was given to Julie Collins , which Collins previously held while in opposition . Collins retained her small businesses portfolio while losing the housing and homelessness portfolios to O'Neil. Giles succeeded O'Connor as skills minister and remained in the outer ministry. Jenny McAllister
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2656-801: The July 2024 reshuffle , she was appointed Minister for Emergency Management and made the Minister for Cities in a re-created role last held in May 2022. McAllister is married to John Graham —former assistant general secretary of the NSW branch of the Labor Party and member of the Legislative Council. She has two children. She lives with her family in Alexandria in NSW. McAllister owns an investment property in Redfern in NSW. She also owns
2739-535: The Labor Party into the 2022 federal election . On the first day of campaigning, Albanese was unable to name either the official cash rate or unemployment rate, which drew criticism. On 20 April, Albanese faced prime minister Scott Morrison in a debate hosted by Sky News , with Albanese being deemed the winner through an audience vote. However, the next day, Albanese tested positive for COVID-19 , forcing him to isolate at home in Sydney. He returned to campaigning
2822-631: The Liberal Party and business lobbies, the first part of the bill was passed by the Senate on 7 December 2023. The second tranche of legislation, which introduced minimum standards for gig workers and allowed workers the right to disconnect , was passed on 8 February 2024. In November 2022, Albanese's government fulfilled its election commitment to legislate the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC), with
2905-518: The Opposition and conservative media outlets, and was viewed as a breach of a pre-election promise, as Albanese had repeatedly stated he would not alter the tax cuts if elected. Despite this, the changes proved popular with the public, and the overhauled tax cuts were passed by the Senate on 27 February 2024. Albanese took his first international trip on 23 May 2022 immediately after being sworn in as prime minister when he flew to Tokyo to attend
2988-661: The Parliament on 28 November 2022. The new laws are in line with Albanese's promise to implement the recommendations of the Respect@Work Report by creating a positive duty requiring employers to implement measures to prevent sexual harassment. On 2 December 2022, the government's Secure Jobs, Better Pay bill passed the Parliament. Under the new laws, unions can now negotiate multi-employer pay deals in an effort to secure wage increases across particular sectors such as child care and aged care. The law also aims to close
3071-506: The U.S. Government. In 1990, Albanese bought a semi-detached two-bedroom house in the Inner West Sydney suburb of Marrickville . When Jeannette McHugh announced she would not seek re-election in her seat of Grayndler at the 1996 election , Albanese won preselection for the seat. The campaign was a difficult one, with aircraft noise a big political issue following the opening of the third runway at Sydney Airport , and
3154-426: The United States. Instead, he and his government engaged in what was dubbed "quiet diplomacy" with the United States, including raising the issue directly with president Biden. Assange was released from custody after striking a plea deal in June 2024. Barrister Greg Barns , who acted as a legal advisor to Assange, credited Albanese's government as "instrumental" to Assange's release. Later in June, Albanese attended
3237-468: The ballot; however, the next day, he announced his withdrawal, citing his lack of support among the party membership. With no other candidate stepping forward, Albanese took the leadership unopposed on 30 May, with Richard Marles as his deputy. Aged 56 when he took office, he became the oldest first-time Opposition Leader in 59 years, since Arthur Calwell (aged 63) took office in 1960. Albanese unveiled his shadow ministry on 1 June 2019. Albanese led
3320-479: The commission commencing on 1 July 2023. Following the revelation that former prime minister Scott Morrison had secretly sworn himself into several ministerial positions , Albanese and his government successfully moved a censure motion against him in November 2022. In the 2023 Australian federal budget , the Albanese government delivered a surplus of $ 22.1 billion (equivalent to 0.9% of Australia's GDP); this
3403-588: The constitution . Albanese grew up with his mother and maternal grandparents in a Sydney City Council home in the Inner West suburb of Camperdown , opposite the Camperdown Children's Hospital . His grandfather died in 1970, and the following year his mother married James Williamson. He was given his stepfather's surname, but the marriage lasted only 10 weeks, as Williamson proved to be an abusive alcoholic. Albanese's mother worked part-time as
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3486-446: The defeat of Labor at the 2013 election , Albanese announced his candidacy to be Leader of the Labor Party , standing against Bill Shorten . Shorten was announced as the winner after a month-long contest that was the first to involve a combined vote of MPs and rank-and-file members. Although Albanese won comfortably among party members, Shorten held a greater lead among MPs, and was subsequently elected. In October 2013, shortly after
3569-620: The director of several election campaigns. McAllister was the co-founder of the Labor Environmental Activist Network (known as LEAN). McAllister was the Labor candidate for the seat of Richmond in the 2001 federal election . On 25 November 2011, McAllister was elected as National President of the ALP, serving until the conclusion of her term at the 2015 Australian Labor Party National Conference , where she
3652-485: The election criticising the previous government for ignoring "long-term nation building in favour of short-term political spending". One of Albanese's first moves as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport was the establishment of an independent statutory body, Infrastructure Australia , to advise the Government on infrastructure priorities. Armed with advice from this independent body and his own persuasive skills in
3735-563: The election. According to ABC News , Hurley would not have invited Albanese to form a government without assurances that Labor could provide stable government, as well as legal advice that this was the proper course of action. According to the Australian Financial Review , Albanese had secured enough support from crossbenchers to be able to govern in the event Labor fell short of a majority. On 30 May 2022, Australian media outlets projected that Labor had won enough seats in
3818-613: The extension of the Noarlunga Centre railway line to Seaford, South Australia and various projects along the Pacific Highway in NSW and Bruce Highway in Queensland. After Julia Gillard replaced Rudd as prime minister following the leadership spill in June 2010 she retained Albanese in his roles. Following the 2010 election , which resulted in a hung parliament , Albanese was a key player in negotiating
3901-414: The first Australian prime minister to make a diplomatic visit to Ukraine. Albanese pledged a further $ 100 million in aid to assist with the ongoing Russo-Ukrainian War . On 26 September 2022, Albanese travelled to Japan to attend the state funeral of former prime minister Shinzo Abe . Jenny McAllister Jennifer Ryll McAllister (born 21 February 1973) is an Australian politician. She has been
3984-628: The following week and, on 1 May, hosted Labor's campaign launch in Perth which was the first time any major party launched in Western Australia. At the launch, Labor unveiled policies to reduce the cost of medicine and childcare, increase manufacturing in Australia , and introduce a shared equity housing scheme to assist first-time home buyers. Albanese faced Morrison in two further debates, hosted by Channel Nine and Channel Seven , respectively. Opinion polling indicated that support for
4067-615: The gender pay gap by prohibiting pay secrecy employment clauses and secures the right of workers to seek flexible working arrangements. Throughout 2023, the Albanese government attempted to pass additional industrial relations reforms through Parliament, dubbed the Closing Loopholes bill, which aimed to ensure temporary workers employed through labour hire were paid the same wage as regular workers, criminalise wage theft and make companies responsible for industrial manslaughter , among other changes. Despite fierce opposition from
4150-415: The governments of Kevin Rudd and Julia Gillard . Albanese was born in Sydney to an Italian father and an Irish-Australian mother, who raised him as a single parent . Albanese attended St Mary's Cathedral College and studied economics at the University of Sydney . As a student, he joined the Labor Party and later worked as a party official and research officer before entering Parliament. Albanese
4233-651: The interests of my electorate, for working-class people, for the labour movement, and for our progressive advancement as a nation into the next century." In his first year in Parliament he continued this theme, speaking in favour of the Northern Territory's euthanasia legislation , the rights of the Indigenous community in the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy , and entitlement to superannuation for same-sex couples. This last issue became
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#17327755353144316-426: The leadership election, Shorten appointed Albanese Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Shadow Minister for Tourism; he held these roles throughout Shorten's time as leader. In September 2014, Albanese was given the additional role of Shadow Minister for Cities. Following Labor's narrow loss in the 2016 federal election , it was reported by Sky News that Albanese was preparing to challenge Shorten for
4399-425: The leadership of the party. However, Albanese ruled out such a challenge, and Shorten was re-elected unopposed as Labor leader. Bill Shorten announced his resignation as Leader of the Labor Party on 18 May 2019, following Labor's unexpected defeat in the 2019 election . The day after, Albanese announced his candidacy in the subsequent leadership election . On 21 May, Chris Bowen announced he would also contest
4482-444: The leadership spill, he stated "I like fighting Tories. That's what I do." In June 2013, Rudd defeated Gillard in a final leadership election . That same ballot saw Albanese elected by the caucus as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party , and the following day Albanese was sworn in as deputy prime minister . He held this role until Labor's defeat at the 2013 election , and was replaced by Warren Truss on 18 September. Following
4565-420: The leadership. Shortly before the ballot, Albanese came out in support of Rudd, stating that he had always been unhappy with the manner of Rudd's removal. He tearfully explained how he had offered his resignation as Leader of the House to the prime minister, but that she had refused to accept it, and called on Labor to cease leadership divisions and unify. In response to a question on his personal feelings around
4648-421: The newly established No Aircraft Noise party (NAN) having polled strongly in the local area at the 1995 New South Wales election . Veteran political pundit Malcolm Mackerras predicted NAN would win the seat. However, NAN's candidate finished third, with less than 14% of the vote. Despite suffering a six-point swing against Labor, Albanese was elected with a comfortable 16-point margin. In his maiden speech to
4731-405: The only person nominated in the leadership election to replace him ; he was subsequently elected unopposed as leader of the Labor Party, becoming Leader of the Opposition . In the 2022 election , Albanese led his party to victory against Scott Morrison 's Liberal-National Coalition . He was sworn in on 23 May 2022. Albanese's first acts as prime minister included proposing a change to
4814-419: The party with the most seats in Parliament. Although it was not certain on election day that Labor would win a majority of seats, it soon became apparent that no other party could realistically form a government. Accordingly, two days after the election, Albanese, deputy Labor leader Richard Marles , Jim Chalmers , Penny Wong and Katy Gallagher were sworn in as an interim five-person ministry. Albanese
4897-610: The protesters outside as "the convoy of no consequence". This caused outrage among supporters of the protest and a week later a public rally in support of the truckies was held outside Albanese's electorate office in Marrickville , New South Wales . Following a series of poor polls, leadership instability descended again on the Labor government. Former prime minister Kevin Rudd resigned as Minister for Foreign Affairs in February 2012 to unsuccessfully challenge Julia Gillard for
4980-468: The support of independent members Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott through his role of Leader of the House. Albanese was also responsible for managing legislation through the House in the first hung parliament since the 1940s. In 2011, Albanese introduced two more major policy reforms. The first on urban planning drew on the work of Danish designer Jan Gehl and set out plans for urban design with better transport links and safety. The second, on shipping,
5063-497: The two major parties had reached record lows, due to high levels of support for minor parties and independent candidates. At the election on 21 May 2022, Labor was victorious over the incumbent Liberal-National Coalition , with Albanese becoming the 31st prime minister of Australia. Despite a decrease in the party's primary vote, Labor received a 3.66 percent two-party preferred swing towards it. The Coalition also lost several seats to " teal independents ", allowing Labor to become
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#17327755353145146-547: The vacancy. In August 2018 she was appointed Shadow Assistant Minister for Families and Communities. On 30 August 2016 to 21 August 2018 she was Opposition Deputy Whip in the Senate. From 2 June 2019 to 23 May 2022 she served as Secretary to the Shadow Cabinet. Following the 2022 federal election , on 1 June 2022 McAllister was appointed the Assistant Minister for Climate Change and Energy. In
5229-477: Was Australia's first budget surplus in 15 years, and the largest ever Australian budget surplus. In the 2024 budget , the government posted a second consecutive surplus of $ 9.3 billion. In January 2024, the Albanese government made changes to the previously legislated stage three tax cuts , which would see individuals earning less than A$ 150,000 receive a larger tax cut than under the original plan. These changes were met with some criticism, particularly by
5312-680: Was Managing Director, Water and Urban Development (2014–2015) and a member of AECOM's ANZ executive when she resigned to join the Senate. McAllister is a member of the ALP State Conference (NSW) (1999–present) and the ALP Administrative Committee (NSW) (2000–present). She was previously a member or delegate of the ALP National Policy Committee on Foreign Affairs (1998–2000), the ALP National Policy Committee (2006–2007). She has been
5395-439: Was appointed Shadow Minister for Water and Infrastructure. Following Labor's victory at the 2007 election , Albanese's rise in standing within the party was evidenced by his appointment as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport , Minister for Regional Development and Local Government and Leader of the House in the Rudd ministry . Rudd was sworn in alongside his colleagues on 3 December 2007. The Labor Party had gone to
5478-430: Was appointed a parliamentary secretary, a position which assists ministers and shadow ministers and is often a stepping stone to a full ministerial position. In 2001, Albanese was promoted to the opposition Shadow Cabinet , taking the portfolio of ageing and seniors. A 2002 reshuffle saw him become Shadow Minister for Employment Services and Training, and in 2004 he became Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage. It
5561-459: Was defeated at the 2013 election . Rudd retired from politics, so Albanese stood against Bill Shorten in the October 2013 Australian Labor Party leadership election . Although Albanese won a large majority of the membership, Shorten won more heavily among Labor MPs and became leader. Shorten subsequently appointed Albanese to his Shadow Cabinet. After Labor's surprise defeat in the 2019 election , Shorten resigned as leader, with Albanese becoming
5644-472: Was during this latter role that then prime minister John Howard and science minister Brendan Nelson started raising the idea of nuclear power for Australia . Albanese campaigned strongly against them, as well as elements within his own party, arguing that "Nuclear energy doesn't add up economically, environmentally or socially, and after more than 50 years of debate, we still do not have an answer to nuclear proliferation or nuclear waste." In 2005, Albanese
5727-517: Was elected to the House of Representatives at the 1996 election , winning the seat of Grayndler in New South Wales . He was first appointed to the shadow cabinet in 2001 by Simon Crean 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 , and was also made Minister for Regional Development and Local Government and Minister for Infrastructure and Transport . In
5810-492: Was elected to the Senate . The election to replace him was closely disputed between the Labor Left's Hard Left and Soft Left groupings, with Albanese being elected with the backing of the Hard Left, taking on that role for the next six years. In 1995, he left the position to work as a senior adviser to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr . Albanese's first overseas trip was in 1986, accompanying his friend Jeremy Fisher to Vanuatu . In 1987, Albanese joined his boss Tom Uren on
5893-408: Was elected to the Students' Representative Council . It was also there where he started his rise as a key player in the ALP's Labor Left . During his time in student politics, Albanese led a group within Young Labor that was aligned with the left faction's Hard Left, which maintained "links with broader left-wing groups, such as the Communist Party of Australia , People for Nuclear Disarmament and
5976-584: Was gained by assistant health minister Ged Kearney . Three other assistant ministers also gained new portfolios in addition to their existing ones: Patrick Gorman as Assistant Minister to the Attorney-General, Tim Ayres as Assistant Minister for a Future Made In Australia, and Anthony Chisholm as Assistant Minister for Agriculture, Fisheries and Forestry. Matt Thistlethwaite was appointed as Assistant Minister for Immigration, with his previous portfolios removed without replacement. The new ministry
6059-399: Was given the additional role of Shadow Minister for Water alongside his existing responsibilities, and was also appointed Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House. In December 2006, when Kevin Rudd first became Leader of the Labor Party, Albanese took over from Julia Gillard as Manager of Opposition Business in the House , a senior tactical role on the floor of the parliament, and
6142-423: Was illegal, leading to the release of 148 people, some of whom had committed serious crimes. In response, the government enacted emergency legislation to put those released under strict visa conditions − including mandating the use of ankle monitoring and a mandatory curfew – and establish a preventive detention scheme to re-detain people who were found to pose a high risk to the community. On 11 December 2023,
6225-497: Was no longer in a position to govern. Normally, Morrison would have stayed on as caretaker Prime Minister until the final results were known. However, with the Quadrilateral Security Dialogue due to be held on 24 May 2022, Albanese advised Hurley that he could form a government. Hurley then swore in Albanese and four senior Labor frontbenchers as an interim five-person ministry on 23 May, two days after
6308-408: Was notable for gaining the approval of both the conservative Australian Shipowners Associations and the radical Maritime Union of Australia . However, he also attracted controversy when a convoy of trucks from North Queensland dubbed the "convoy of no confidence" descended on Canberra's Parliament House to protest against rising fuel costs and carbon pricing . During question time, Albanese labelled
6391-406: Was previously the assistant indigenous affairs minister, was appointed as the new indigenous affairs minister, while there were no changes to Conroy's portfolios (defence industry and international development). Tony Burke gained the home affairs, cyber security and immigration portfolios from Clare O'Neil and Andrew Giles , while retaining his arts minister portfolio and his position as Leader of
6474-587: Was promoted to the outer ministry and was appointed as cities minister and emergency services minister, taking over the latter portfolio from Watt. Kate Thwaites , Josh Wilson and Julian Hill were new additions to the assistant ministry, with Thwaites and Hill having new portfolios, while Wilson succeeded McAllister as assistant climate change minister. McCarthy's previous role as assistant indigenous affairs minister and Brown's previous role as assistant infrastructure and transport minister were not replaced, while McCarthy's role as assistant indigenous health minister
6557-466: Was replaced by Mark Butler . In July 2014, Jenny McAllister was selected to run on the Labor senate ticket at the 2016 election in the number two position, replacing John Faulkner , and considered a winnable spot. However, on 6 February 2015, John Faulkner resigned from the Senate, creating a casual vacancy. On 6 May 2015, McAllister was elected by a joint sitting of the NSW Parliament to fill
6640-506: Was still underway on election night, most media outlets projected that due to severe losses by Morrison's Liberal / National Coalition , Labor was the only party that could realistically form even a minority government. Accordingly, Morrison conceded defeat to Albanese late on election night. Soon afterward, in accordance with longstanding Australian constitutional practice, he advised the Governor-General , David Hurley , that he
6723-505: Was sworn in on 1 June. On 16 June 2022, Albanese submitted a new Nationally Determined Contribution to the United Nations which formally committed Australia to reducing carbon emissions by 43% on 2005 levels. This represented an increase from the 26 to 28% target under the previous government. In September 2022, the Albanese government passed legislation to write this climate target into law. Albanese's government also entered
6806-1757: Was sworn in the following day on 29 July 2024. MP for Grayndler (1996–) MP for Corio (2007–) Senator for South Australia (2002–) MP for Rankin (2013–) Senator for Australian Capital Territory (2019–) Senator for South Australia (2016-) MP for Watson (2004–) MP for Hindmarsh (2019–) MP for McMahon (2010–) MP for Sydney (1998–) MP for Ballarat (2001–) MP for Kingston (2007–) MP for Maribyrnong (2007–) MP for Isaacs (2007–) MP for Blaxland (2007–) MP for Franklin (2007–) MP for Greenway (2010–) MP for Brand (2016–) MP for Chifley (2010–) Senator for Queensland (2016–) MP for Hotham (2013-) Senator for Northern Territory (2016–) MP for Shortland (2016–) MP for Burt (2016–) MP for Whitlam (2016–) MP for Scullin (2013–) MP for Cowan (2016–) MP for Lilley (2019–) MP for Eden-Monaro (2020–) Senator for New South Wales (2015–) MP for Richmond (2004–) MP for Kingsford Smith (2013–) MP for Fenner (2016–) MP for Perth (2018–) MP for Cooper (2019–) MP for Dobell (2016–) Senator for New South Wales (2019–) Senator for Queensland (2016–) MP for Gellibrand (2013–) MP for Jagajaga (2019–) Anthony Albanese Anthony Norman Albanese ( / ˌ æ l b ə ˈ n iː z i / AL -bə- NEE -zee or / ˈ æ l b ə n iː z / AL -bə-neez ; born 2 March 1963)
6889-607: Was told that his father had died in a car accident; he did not meet his father, who was in fact still alive, until 2009, tracking him down initially with the assistance of John Faulkner , Carnival Australia's CEO Ann Sherry (the parent company of P&O , which acquired the Sitmar Line in 1988) and maritime historian Rob Henderson, and then later the Australian Embassy in Italy and ambassador Amanda Vanstone . He made contact with his father in 2009, visiting him
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