Anthony Albanese

Anthony Albanese was born on March 2, 1963, at St Margaret's Hospital in Darlinghurst, Sydney. His mother was of Irish descent, and his father was from Barletta, Italy. His parents met on a voyage from Sydney to Southampton in 1962.

In 1970, Anthony Albanese's maternal grandfather, George Ellery, who ran a printing business in Darlinghurst, passed away.

In 1984, Anthony Albanese took on a role as a research officer to the Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services, Tom Uren.

In 1989, Albanese was elected as the Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Labor Party.

In 1990, Anthony Albanese bought a semi-detached two-bedroom house in Marrickville, Sydney.

In 1995, Anthony Albanese left his position as Assistant General Secretary to work as a senior adviser to New South Wales Premier Bob Carr.

In 1996, Anthony Albanese was elected to the House of Representatives, winning the seat of Grayndler in New South Wales.

Albanese, alongside Joe Hockey, established the parliamentary 'Friends of Palestine' group in 1998, indicating his involvement and interest in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict.

In 2002, Anthony Albanese's mother passed away.

Following Labor's victory at the 2007 election, Albanese was appointed as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport, Minister for Regional Development and Local Government, and Leader of the House of Representatives in the Rudd ministry.

In 2009, Anthony Albanese tracked down his father, whom he had been told had died in a car accident. He discovered that his father was still alive and visited him in Italy. He also found out about his two half-siblings.

Albanese supported the introduction of carbon pricing and voted to establish the Clean Energy Act 2011, which instituted a carbon pricing scheme in Australia during his time in the Gillard government.

In June 2013, Albanese was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labor Party and sworn in as deputy prime minister. He held this role until Labor's defeat at the 2013 election.

In September 2013, shortly after the leadership election, Albanese was appointed Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Shadow Minister for Tourism. In September 2014, he was given the additional role of Shadow Minister for Cities.

The Abbott government abolished the carbon pricing scheme in July 2014, to which Albanese responded by stating that carbon pricing was no longer needed due to changed circumstances.

On 30 May 2019, Albanese took the leadership of the Labor Party unopposed, becoming the oldest first-time Opposition Leader in 59 years. He unveiled his shadow ministry on 1 June 2019.

After leading the Labor Party to victory in the federal election, Anthony Albanese became the 31st Prime Minister of Australia, defeating Prime Minister Scott Morrison and his government with a one-seat majority in the House of Representatives.

Anthony Albanese was sworn in as the 31st Prime Minister of Australia on May 23, 2022, after leading his party to victory in the 2022 election against Scott Morrison's Liberal-National Coalition.

In one of its first acts, the Albanese government permitted the Murugappan family to remain in Australia, overturning the previous government's deportation attempts.

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.

Albanese travelled to Japan to attend the state funeral of former prime minister Shinzo Abe.

Albanese travelled to San Diego to officially commence the AUKUS security pact with President Biden and United Kingdom prime minister Rishi Sunak.

Australia–Philippines relations upgraded to a strategic partnership when Albanese visited Manila, the first bilateral visit to the Philippines by an Australian prime minister in two decades.

Albanese visited Shanghai and Beijing, becoming the first Australian prime minister to visit China in seven years. The trip was described as an effort to get relations between Australia and China on track.

The High Court of Australia declared indefinite detention of immigrants as illegal, resulting in the release of 148 individuals, some of whom had committed serious crimes.

The Albanese government announced a significant reform of Australia's immigration system, intending to reduce the immigration intake by half to 250,000 by June 2025.