Anthony Albanese
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Anthony Norman Albanese (born 2 March 1963), Australian politician, 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 New South Wales 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.
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