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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. Thirty-one people (thirty men and one woman) have served in the position since the office was created in 1901.
The prime minister chairs the Cabinet and thus heads the federal executive government. Under the principles of responsible government, the prime minister is both a member and responsible to Parliament. The current prime minister is Anthony Albanese of the Australian Labor Party, who assumed the office on 23 May 2022.
This is a chronologically ordered list of the prime ministers, from the earliest to the most recent. Each prime minister is listed only once; multiple terms are noted in parentheses. Edmund Barton (1901–03) Alfred Deakin (1903–04; 1905–08; 1909–10) John Christian Watson (1904) George Houston Reid (1904–05) Andrew Fisher (1908–09 ...
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
List of prime ministers of Australia by time in office. This is a list of prime ministers of Australia by time in office. The basis of the list is the inclusive number of days from being sworn in until leaving office, if counted by number of calendar days all the figures would be one greater.
Acceptance yarn on the day of his election as Australia's first Indigenous Prime Minister.Actors: Isaac Drandic, Melodie Reynolds (with Mia Stanford, Cy Fahe...
