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Anthony Norman Albanese (born 2 March 1963), Australian politician, and Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. He has been an Australian Labor Party member of the Australian House of Representatives since March 1996, representing the Division of Grayndler, New South Wales. He was born in Sydney, New South Wales, and was educated at Sydney University. He was a bank officer before entering politics.
Albanese was research officer to the Minister for Local Government and Administrative Services, Tom Uren, (1985-89), Assistant General Secretary of the New South Wales branch of the Australian Labor Party (1989-95), and senior policy adviser to the Premier of New South Wales, Bob Carr (1995-96).
Albanese has been a member of the Opposition Shadow Ministry since 1998. He was Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage in 2004-05. In June 2005 he became Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage, Shadow Minister for Water, and Deputy Manager of Opposition Business in the House. In December 2006 he was appointed Shadow Minister for Water and Infrastructure.
He is married to Carmel Tebbutt, the former NSW Minister for Education and Training and member for the state electoral district of Marrickville, which lies within the borders of Grayndler. They have one son, Nathan.
In the 2007 Federal election, Albanese was re-elected to the seat of Grayndler with a 4.30% swing toward the Labor Party.
Ministerial service
Following the inaugural caucus meeting of the newly elected Labor Government on Thursday 29 November 2007 it was announced that Albanese would become the Minister for Infrastructure, Transport, Regional Development and Local Government. The new Ministry was sworn in at Government House on Monday 3 December.
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| Preceded byNone | Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander Affairs 1998 — 2001 |
Succeeded byNone |
| Preceded byKate Lundy | Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for the Arts 1998 — 2001 |
Succeeded byNone |
| Preceded byMichael Forshaw | Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Family and Community Services 1998 — 2001 |
Succeeded byAnnette Ellis |
| Preceded byNone | Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Reconciliation 1998 — 2001 |
Succeeded byNone |
| Preceded byNone | Shadow Minister for Ageing and Seniors 2001 — 2002 |
Succeeded byAnnette Ellis |
| Preceded byCarmen Lawrence | Shadow Minister for Employment Services and Training 2002 — 2004 |
Succeeded byDavid Cox |
| Preceded byKelvin Thomson | Shadow Minister for Environment and Heritage 2004 - 2005 |
Succeeded byPeter Garrett |
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- "Australian Electoral Commission summary of Greyndler, Federal Election 2007". Australian Electoral Commission. 2007-11-25. Retrieved 2007-11-26.
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