Anthony Albanese




Australian politician, 15th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia








































































































































































The Honourable


Anthony Albanese


MP


Anthony Albanese.jpg
Albanese in 2011

15th Deputy Prime Minister of Australia

In office
27 June 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Preceded by Wayne Swan
Succeeded by Warren Truss
Deputy Leader of the Opposition

In office
18 September 2013 – 14 October 2013
Leader
Chris Bowen (Acting)
Bill Shorten
Preceded by Julie Bishop
Succeeded by Tanya Plibersek
Deputy Leader of the Labor Party

In office
26 June 2013 – 14 October 2013
Leader Kevin Rudd
Chris Bowen (Acting)
Bill Shorten
Preceded by Wayne Swan
Succeeded by Tanya Plibersek
Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

In office
3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded by Mark Vaile
Succeeded by Warren Truss
Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy

In office
1 July 2013 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister Kevin Rudd
Preceded by Stephen Conroy
Succeeded by Malcolm Turnbull
Leader of the House

In office
3 December 2007 – 18 September 2013
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Deputy Stephen Smith
Preceded by Tony Abbott
Succeeded by Christopher Pyne
Minister for Regional Development and Local Government

In office
25 March 2013 – 1 July 2013
Prime Minister
Julia Gillard
Kevin Rudd
Preceded by Simon Crean
Succeeded by Catherine King

In office
3 December 2007 – 28 June 2010
Prime Minister
Kevin Rudd
Julia Gillard
Preceded by
Jim Lloyd (Local Government)
Mark Vaile (Regional Development)
Succeeded by Simon Crean
Manager of Opposition Business in the House

In office
10 December 2006 – 3 December 2007
Leader Kevin Rudd
Preceded by Julia Gillard
Succeeded by Joe Hockey
Member of the Australian Parliament
for Grayndler
Incumbent

Assumed office
2 March 1996
Preceded by Jeannette McHugh

Personal details
Born
Anthony Norman Albanese


(1963-03-02) 2 March 1963 (age 56)
Camperdown, New South Wales, Australia
Political party Labor
Spouse(s)

Carmel Tebbutt
(m. 2000; sep. 2019)
Alma mater University of Sydney
Website Official website

Anthony Norman Albanese ( /ˈælbənz/ AL-bə-neez;[1] born 2 March 1963) is an Australian Labor Party politician serving as Member of Parliament for Grayndler since 1996. Albanese served as Deputy Prime Minister of Australia in the Second Rudd Ministry from 27 June 2013 to 18 September 2013 and Deputy Leader of the Labor Party from 26 June 2013 to 14 October 2013. He served as a Cabinet Minister in the Rudd and Gillard Governments from 2007 and 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 politics himself worked as a party official and research officer. Albanese was elected to parliament at the 1996 federal election, winning the Division of Grayndler. He was appointed to the shadow cabinet in 2001. When Labor won the 2007 election, Albanese became Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development, and Local Government under Kevin Rudd, and was also appointed Leader of the House.


When Julia Gillard replaced Rudd as prime minister in 2010, Albanese lost the regional development and local government portfolios, becoming simply Minister for Infrastructure and Transport. In 2012, he publicly announced that he supported Rudd returning to the prime ministership. After two previous contests, Rudd won back the party leadership in June 2013. Albanese was elected as his deputy, becoming deputy prime minister. He was also made Minister for Broadband, Communications and the Digital Economy. Following Labor's defeat at the 2013 election, Albanese stood against Bill Shorten for the party leadership, but was defeated. He is considered one of the leaders of the Labor Left faction.




Contents






  • 1 Early life


  • 2 Political career


    • 2.1 Opposition 1996–2007


    • 2.2 Rudd and Gillard Governments 2007–13


    • 2.3 Return to opposition in 2013




  • 3 Personal life


  • 4 See also


  • 5 References


  • 6 External links




Early life


Albanese was born in the inner Sydney suburb of Camperdown, the son of Carlo Albanese and Maryanne Ellery. His mother was of Irish descent, while his father was from Barletta, Italy. His parents met on a cruise ship, but did not pursue a relationship and went their separate ways. Growing up, Albanese was told that his father had died in a car accident. He did not learn the truth until he was a teenager. He did not meet his father until 2009, tracking him down with the assistance of the Australian embassy in Italy. He subsequently discovered that he had two half-siblings.[2][3]


Albanese was educated at St Joseph's Primary School in Camperdown and St Mary's Cathedral College in Sydney.[4] He was raised by a single mother in public housing, and said she raised him with "three great faiths: the Catholic Church, the South Sydney Football Club and Labor", adding that he had always remained faithful to the latter two.[5]


After finishing school, he worked for the Commonwealth Bank for two years before studying economics at the University of Sydney.[6] There he became involved in student politics and was elected to the Students' Representative Council.[7] It was also where he started his rise as a key player in the left faction of the Labor Party.[8]


Albanese completed his degree and took on the role of research officer to the then Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services, Tom Uren, who was to become something of a mentor to him.[9] In 1989, the position of Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party became vacant when John Faulkner was chosen for a Senate seat and Albanese took on the role for the next six years. In 1995, he returned to policy work as a senior adviser to the Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr.[6]


Political career


When Jeannette McHugh announced she would not recontest 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 the newly established No Aircraft Noise party (NAN) having polled strongly in the local area at the 1995 NSW election. Veteran political pundit Malcolm Mackerras predicted NAN would win the seat. However, NAN's candidate ran third, with less than 14% of the vote. Despite suffering a six-point swing, Albanese was elected with a comfortable 16-point margin.[10]



Opposition 1996–2007


In his maiden speech to parliament, he spoke at length about aircraft noise and the need to build a second Sydney Airport, 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 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."[10]




Anthony Albanese at Sydney Gay and Lesbian Mardi Gras, 2003


In his first year in parliament he continued this theme speaking up on behalf of the Northern Territory's euthanasia legislation,[11] indigenous people in the Hindmarsh Island bridge controversy[12] and entitlement to superannuation for same-sex couples.[13] This latter issue became something of a crusade for Albanese. 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.[14] Over the next nine years, he tried three more times without success, until the election of the Rudd Labor Government in 2007 saw the legislation passed.[15] Albanese has since turned his attention to same-sex marriage.[16]


In 1998, Albanese was appointed a Parliamentary Secretary, a position which assists ministers and shadow ministers and is often a stepping stone to a full ministerial position.[17] In 2001 he was promoted to the opposition shadow ministry with 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.[6] It 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 and elements within his own party, arguing, "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."[18][19]


In 2005, he added Shadow Minister for Water to his existing responsibilities and was also appointed Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House. In December 2006, when Kevin Rudd became Leader of the Opposition, 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 was appointed Shadow Minister for Water and Infrastructure.[6]



Rudd and Gillard Governments 2007–13


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 of Representatives in the Rudd Ministry. The new ministry was sworn in on 3 December.


The Labor Party had gone to the election criticising the previous government for ignoring "long term nation building in favour of short term political spending".[20] 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 the Cabinet, he was able to argue for a doubling of the roads budget and a tenfold increase in rail investment.[21] 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, 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.[22]




Opening the Holbrook Bypass in 2013


It was in his role as Leader of the House where he excelled. A year into government, he was described as "Rudd's headkicker in Parliament, where he has been one of the standout performers for Labor".[23] Following the 2010 election which resulted in a hung parliament, Albanese was a key player in negotiating the support of independent members Tony Windsor and Rob Oakeshott and then found that managing legislation through the House was not just a headkicker's role but one requiring considerable diplomacy.[24]


In 2011, Albanese introduced two more 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.[25] The second on shipping was notable for gaining the approval of both the conservative Australian Shipowners Associations and the radical Maritime Union of Australia.[26] 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 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.[27]


Following a series of poor polls, leadership instability descended on the Labor government. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd resigned as Minister for Foreign Affairs in February 2012 to challenge prime minister Julia Gillard. Shortly before the ballot Anthony Albanese came out in support of Rudd stating 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 she had refused to accept it. In response to a question on his personal feelings around the leadership spill, he stated "I like fighting Tories. That's what I do."[28]


The destabilisation continued and a year later in March 2013, a number of ministers were sacked or forced to resign after an abortive coup. One of these was Simon Crean and Albanese added Crean's responsibilities as Minister for Regional Development and Local Government to his portfolio.[29] Three months later on 26 June 2013, Kevin Rudd defeated Julia Gillard in another Labor Party leadership vote. The same ballot saw Albanese elected by caucus as Deputy Leader and ultimately he was sworn in as Deputy Prime Minister.[30] In the ministerial reshuffle that followed, Albanese retained his role as Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and Leader of the House, lost the recently acquired Regional Development and Local Government portfolio, and gained the important Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy portfolio.


Albanese has been described as "Labor's Parliamentary go-to man, a bloke with willingness and enthusiasm for fronting up – whether at the Dispatch Box, to protesters or even in backing a losing leadership candidate".[9]


Return to opposition in 2013


Following the defeat of the second Rudd government at the 2013 election, Albanese announced his candidacy as the Leader of the Labor Party in a contest with Bill Shorten.[31] Shorten was announced as the winner in a contest that involved a combined vote of caucus and rank-and-file members.[32]


In October 2013, he became the Shadow Minister for Infrastructure and Transport and the Shadow Minister for Tourism in Shorten's Shadow Cabinet.[33] In September 2014, Albanese was given the additional responsibility as the Shadow Minister for Cities.[34]


Personal life


Albanese is married to Carmel Tebbutt,[35] former Deputy Premier of New South Wales and former member for the state electoral district of Marrickville, which until its abolition in 2015 overlapped with Grayndler in Sydney's inner west. They have one son. Albanese and Tebbutt separated in 2019.[36]


Albanese describes himself as "half-Italian and half-Irish"[37] and a "non-practicising Catholic".[38] He is also a music fan who reportedly once went to a Pogues gig in a Pixies shirt[39] and intervened as Transport Minister to save a Dolly Parton tour from bureaucratic red tape.[40] In 2013, he co-hosted a pre-election special of music program Rage and his song selection included the Pixies and Pogues along with The Smiths, The Triffids, PJ Harvey, Hunters & Collectors and Joy Division.[41][42]


As a lifelong supporter of the South Sydney Rabbitohs, he was a board member of the club from 1999 to 2002 and influential in the fight to have the club readmitted to the National Rugby League competition.[43] During October 2009 The Sydney Morning Herald reported that Albanese had opposed an attempt to appoint the former Liberal Prime Minister John Howard to a senior position in the NRL. Albanese admitted he had phoned the NRL chief executive, David Gallop, as well as other league officials, to advise them against the idea. He then implored officials at Souths to help stop the suggestion from gaining momentum.[44] In 2013, he was made a life member of Souths.[43]


See also



  • First Rudd Ministry

  • First Gillard Ministry

  • Second Gillard Ministry

  • Second Rudd Ministry


References





  1. ^ The pronunciation Albanese himself uses is /ˈælbənz/, as used for instance during his October 1996 speech before parliament on the Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996. An alternative sometimes used is /ˌælbəˈnzi/, but /ˈælbənz/ has been used since his childhood. Archived 20 July 2013 at the Wayback Machine


  2. ^ Anthony Albanese's long-held family secret, ABC News, 23 August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.


  3. ^ The long way back, The Australian, August 2016. Retrieved 20 October 2017.


  4. ^ "Anthony Albanese". Australian Labor Party. Archived from the original on 5 February 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013..mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"""""""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/65/Lock-green.svg/9px-Lock-green.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-gray-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .citation .cs1-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg/9px-Lock-red-alt-2.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration{color:#555}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription span,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration span{border-bottom:1px dotted;cursor:help}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg/12px-Wikisource-logo.svg.png")no-repeat;background-position:right .1em center}.mw-parser-output code.cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:inherit;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{font-size:100%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#33aa33;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-subscription,.mw-parser-output .cs1-registration,.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right,.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-wl-right{padding-right:0.2em}


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  6. ^ abcd "The Hon Anthony Albanese MP". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


  7. ^ "Rise of the campus pollies". The Age. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


  8. ^ "Crikey List: which MPs were involved in student politics?". Crikey. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


  9. ^ ab "Anthony Albanese". The Power Index. Archived from the original on 19 April 2013. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


  10. ^ ab "Governor-General's Speech: Address-in-Reply: Maiden Speech". Parliament of Australia. Retrieved 17 March 2013.


  11. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (28 October 1996). "Euthanasia Laws Bill 1996". Australian House of Representatives: Hansard. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  12. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (6 November 1996). "Hindmarsh Island bridge Bill 1996". Australian House of Representatives: Hansard. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  13. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (10 December 1996). "Superannuation: Same sex partners – Adjournment debate". Australian House of Representatives: Hansard. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  14. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (22 June 1998). "Superannuation (Entitlements of same sex couple) Bill 1999". Australian House of Representatives: Hansard. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  15. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (24 August 2011). "Same-Sex Relationships – Constituency statements". Australian House of Representatives: Hansard. Commonwealth of Australia. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  16. ^ "Full list of changes to the Gillard ministry". The National Times. 22 November 2010. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  17. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (6 September 2012). "House of Representatives Practice". Commonwealth of Australia. pp. 70–71. Retrieved 27 April 2013.


  18. ^ "An abrogation of responsibility". Online Opinion. 9 May 2006. Retrieved 27 April 2013.


  19. ^ "Howard welcomes new debate on nuclear power". The Age. 10 June 2005. Retrieved 27 April 2013.


  20. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (19 December 2008). "Transcript of Joint Press Conference with Sir Rod Eddington, Chair of Infrastructure Australia". Department of Infrastructure and Transport. Archived from the original on 15 May 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.


  21. ^ Albanese, Anthony MP (28 June 2011c). "Governing for the Long Term National Interest". Department of Infrastructure and Transport. Archived from the original on 14 May 2013. Retrieved 26 August 2013.


  22. ^ Ludlow, Mark (11 May 2011). "Pacific Highway upgrade big winner". Australian Financial Review. p. 15.


  23. ^ Cronin, Danielle (22 November 2008). "The Rudd team's first year: the report card". Canberra Times. p. 4.


  24. ^ Coorey, Phillip (9 December 2010). "Power Society – Politics". Sydney Morning Herald. p. 44.


  25. ^ Murphy, Jason (1 December 2011). "Canberra sets agenda". Australian Financial Review. p. 50.


  26. ^ Gerritsen, Natalie (5 May 2011). "Shipping reforms head in right direction". Australian Financial Review. p. 2.


  27. ^ McDonald, Timothy (9 January 2011). "Albanese faces off against anti-carbon tax protesters". ABC Online. Retrieved 18 July 2013.


  28. ^ Albanese, Anthony (25 February 2012). Labor Minister Anthony Albanese sheds tears as he supports Kevin Rudd. Australia News Network. Canberra, Australia. Retrieved 4 March 2013.


  29. ^ "Full list of changes to the Gillard ministry". The Sydney Morning Herald. 25 March 2013. Retrieved 1 April 2013.


  30. ^ Packham, Ben; Shanahan, Dennis (26 June 2013). "Gillard backers quit as Labor MPs return to Rudd to take on Abbott". The Australian. Retrieved 26 June 2013.


  31. ^ Cullen, Simon (13 September 2013). "Anthony Albanese to run for Labor leadership against Bill Shorten". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2013.


  32. ^ Griffiths, Emma (13 October 2013). "Bill Shorten elected Labor leader over Anthony Albanese after month-long campaign". ABC News. Australia. Retrieved 15 October 2013.


  33. ^ Henderson, Anna (18 October 2013). "Bill Shorten announces shadow ministry portfolios, Tanya Plibersek handed foreign affairs". ABC News. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  34. ^ Massola, James (24 September 2014). "Labor to tackle 'drive-in-drive-out suburbs as Anthony Albanese appointed party's cities spokesman". The Sydney Morning Herald. Fairfax Media. Retrieved 14 October 2015.


  35. ^ "Albanese denies Tebbutt's leadership ambitions". ABC News. Australia. 17 May 2009.


  36. ^ Wright, Shane (7 January 2019). "Anthony Albanese announces split from wife Carmel Tebbutt". The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 7 January 2019.


  37. ^ Albanese, Anthony (14 February 2006). "Theraputic Goods Amendment (Repeal of Ministerial Responsibility for Approval of RU486) Bill 2005, Second Reading". Anthony Albanese. Archived from the original on 27 February 2011. Retrieved 4 October 2011.


  38. ^ Maley, Jacqueline (26 December 2009). "Catholics divided in the House". The Sydney Morning Herald.


  39. ^ McIlveen, Luke (12 April 2012). "Somebody was on their last leg, but it wasn't Shane MacGowan". News.com.au. Retrieved 1 April 2013.


  40. ^ McCabe, Kathy; Matheson, Melissa (16 November 2011). "Dolly Parton gets lippy over her Aussie hero, Infrastructure Minister Anthony Albanese". News.com.au. Retrieved 5 April 2013.


  41. ^ Smith, Sarah (19 August 2012). "Deputy PM Anthony Albanese to host Rage ... Wait, what?". Faster Louder. Retrieved 25 August 2013.


  42. ^ Wright, Patrick (31 August 2012). "Anthony Albanese, Julie Bishop, Adam Bandt host Rage election special". ABC website. Retrieved 15 September 2013.


  43. ^ ab Monahan, Jeremy (3 March 2013). "Three Life Members inducted at Member Co AGM". South Sydney Rabbitohs. Archived from the original on 10 April 2013. Retrieved 29 March 2013.


  44. ^ Lane, Daniel (11 July 2010). "New push to sign up Howard". Sydney Morning Herald. Archived from the original on 12 July 2010. Retrieved 11 July 2010.



External links



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Parliament of Australia
Preceded by
Jeannette McHugh

Member for Grayndler
1996–present

Incumbent
Political offices
Preceded by
Julia Gillard

Manager of Opposition Business in the House
2006–2007
Succeeded by
Joe Hockey
Preceded by
Tony Abbott

Leader of the House
2007–2013
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Christopher Pyne
Preceded by
Jim Lloyd

Minister for Regional Development and Local Government
2007–2010
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Simon Crean
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Mark Vaile

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport
2007–2013
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Warren Truss
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Wayne Swan

Deputy Prime Minister of Australia
2013
Preceded by
Simon Crean

Minister for Regional Development and Local Government
2013
Succeeded by
Catherine King
Preceded by
Stephen Conroy

Minister for Broadband, Communications and Digital Economy
2013
Succeeded by
Malcolm Turnbull
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Julie Bishop

Deputy Leader of the Opposition
2013
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Tanya Plibersek
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Deputy Leader of the Australian Labor Party
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