The Hon Anthony Albanese MP

Recent Speaker

Minister for Infrastructure and Transport

January 25, 2012

11.30am - 1.30pm

"Government with a purpose"

Anthony Albanese will talk about the Labor Government’s legislative successes, nation building infrastructure achievements and the year ahead.

Anthony grew up in a public housing community in Camperdown and recognised early on the need to fight for social justice so that there was equal opportunity in society.

That is what led Anthony to joining the Australian Labor Party. He developed his policitical activity working for former prisoner of war and legendary Whitlam and Hawke Government Minister Tom Uren.

In 1996 Anthony was elected as the Member for Grayndler in Sydney’s inner west, where he has lived his entire life.

In Anthony’s First Speech in Parliament he said
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.”

Anthony continues to be a progressive Member of Parliament and is a passionate advocate for the environment, workers’ rights, refugees and equality for all members of the community regardless of gender, race, age, sexuality or religion.

He believes in opportunities for all through education and training, universal health care and the need for Government to invest in local communities.

He works hard for his constituents and is proud of his many achievements for the peopl of Grayndler.

Anthony has played tennis at Henson Park for 30 years and is an avid supporter of the South Sydney Rabbitohs and the Newtown Jets.