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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 30 January 2025. Head of government of Australia For a list of officeholders, see List of prime ministers of Australia. Prime Minister of Australia Coat of arms of Australia Flag of Australia Incumbent Anthony Albanese since 23 May 2022 Australian Government Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet ...
The Lodge, the official residence of the prime minister. The prime minister of Australia is the leader of the Australian Government and the Cabinet of Australia, with the support of the majority of the House of Representatives. [1] [2] Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901. [3]
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; [nb 1] born 2 March 1963) is an Australian politician who is the 31st and current prime minister of Australia since 2022. [3]
Gough Whitlam of the Labor party, that party's longest-serving parliamentary leader Sir Robert Menzies of the Liberal party, Australia's longest-serving Prime Minister. The Australian party system has been described by political scientists as more ideologically driven than other similar anglophone countries such as the United States and Canada ...
The Australian heads of government include the prime minister of Australia, the premiers of the six states of Australia, and the chief ministers of the two self-governing territories of Australia. Current heads of government
The prime minister and their sworn ministers form the cabinet, the key decision-making organ of the government that makes policy and decides the agenda of the government. [4] Members of the government can exercise both legislative power (through their control of the parliament) and executive power (as ministers on behalf of the governor-general ...
Prime Minister Portrait Party Assumed office Left office Time in office (term) Time in office (total) Election wins Ref 1. 12th Sir Robert Menzies (1894–1978) United Australia: 26 April 1939 29 August 1941 2 years, 125 days: 18 years, 163 days 1940, 1949, 1951, 1954, 1955, 1958, 1961, 1963 [1] Liberal: 19 December 1949 26 January 1966 16 ...
The 2022 Australian federal election was held on Saturday 21 May 2022 to elect members of the 47th Parliament of Australia.The incumbent Liberal/National Coalition government, led by Prime Minister Scott Morrison, sought to win a fourth consecutive term in office but was defeated by the opposition Labor Party, led by Anthony Albanese.