Here’s New PM Anthony Albanese’s Victory Speech In Full If You Couldn’t Be Fkd Staying Up For It

It’s official: Anthony Albanese will be Australia’s 31st Prime Minister. After six weeks of election campaigning, one of the biggest questions about Australia’s future has an answer.

Scott Morrison

Anthony Albanese’s victory speech

I begin by acknowledging the traditional owners of the land on which we meet. I pay my respects to their elders past, present and emerging. And on behalf of the Australian Labor Party, I commit to the Uluru Statement from the Heart in full.

And I say to my fellow Australians,  thank you for this extraordinary  honour. Tonight the Australian  people have voted for change. I am  humbled by this victory and I’m  honoured to be given the opportunity  to serve as the 31st Prime Minister  of Australia. My Labor team will work every day to  bring Australians together. And I  will lead a government worthy of the  people of Australia. A government as  courageous and hard working and  caring as the Australian people are  themselves. Earlier tonight, Scott  Morrison called me to congratulate  myself and the Labor Party on our  victory at the election. Scott very  graciously wished me well. And I  thanked him for that and I wish him  well. And I thank him for the  service that he has given to our  country as Prime Minister. I also  want to acknowledge and thank Jenny  Morrison and their two daughters for  their contribution and sacrifice as  well. My fellow Australians, it says  a lot about our great country that a  son of a single mum who was a  disability pensioner, who grew up in  public housing down the road in  Camperdown can stand before you  tonight as Australia’s Prime  Minister. If you wait – I know it’s been a  long night – but if we can dial it  down a little bit. Every parent  wants more for the next generation.  My mother dreamt of a  better life for me. And I hope that  my journey in life inspires  Australians to reach for the stars.  I want Australia to continue to be a  country that no matter where you  live, who you worship, who you love  or what your last name is, that  places no restrictions on your  journey in life. My fellow  … Australians, I think they’ve got the  name by now. I think they’ve got  that. I know at the beginning of the  campaign they said people didn’t  know me but I reckon they’ve got it.  Down. Down. Down. Down. No. No. Can  we have order, please? Can we have a  bit of order? I intend to run an  orderly government and it starts  here, so behave. During this  campaign I have put forward a  positive, clear plan for a better  future for our country. And I have  shared the two principles that will  a government that I lead. No-one  left behind because we should always  look after the disadvantaged and the  vulnerable. But also no-one held  back, because we should always  support aspiration and opportunity.  That is what my government will do.  That is the what, but the how is  also just as important? Because I  want to bring Australians together.  I want to seek our common purpose  and promote unity and not fear and  optimism, not fear and division. It is what I have sought to do  throughout my political life. And  what I will bring to the leadership  of our country, it is a show of  strength to collaborate and work  with people, not weakness. I want to  find that common ground where  together we can plant our dreams. To  unite around our shared love of this  country, our shared faith in  Australia’s future, our shared  values of fairness and opportunity, and hard work and kindness to those in need. And I can promise all Australians this – no matter how you voted today, the government I lead will respect every one of you every day. And I’ll seek to get your vote next time. We are the greatest country on earth. But we can have an  even better future if we seize the opportunities that are right there in front of us. The opportunity to shape change, rather than be shaped by it. And we can shape change more effectively if we seek to you unite people on that journey of change. Together we can end the  climate wars. Together we can take advantage of the opportunity for  Australia to be a renewable energy  superpower. Together we can work in  common interests with business and  unions to drive productivity, lift wages and profits. I want an economy  that works for people, not the other  way around.  Together we can as a country say  that all of us, if the Fair Work  Commission don’t cut the wage of  minimum aged workers, we can say  that we welcome that absolutely. Together we can strengthen universal healthcare through Medicare. Protect, we can protect universal superannuation. And we can write universal childcare into that proud tradition. Together we can fix the crisis in aged care. Together we can make full and equal opportunity for women a national economic and social priority. Together we can and will establish a national anti-corruption commission. Together we can be a … self-reliant, resilient nation, confident in our values and in our place in the world. And together we can embrace the Uluru Statement from the Heart. We can answer its patient, gracious call for a voice enshrined in our constitution. Because all of us ought to be proud that amongst our great multicultural society we count the oldest living continuous culture in the world.  Linda Burney Richard Marles Penny Wong Jim Chalmers Katy Gallagher Biden Kishida Modi Tony Burke They push the cause of Labor at the  local P&C, the local kid’s footy, the local netball, when they’re shopping in the supermarket, when  they talk to their neighbours. I  thank each and every one of the true  believers of the Australian Labor  Party.

And I proudly thank the members of the mighty trade union movement.

I do want to thank my campaign  director, our amazing national secretary, Paul Ericsson, and his team. My staff are led by my first campaign director back in 1996. And my electorate office team who haven’t seen that much of me. Who look after this electorate led by Helen Rogers. Thank you very much. 

But to all those – and I’m not going to name them because there’s too many – there’s a lot of people who believed in me and backed me over many decades in this great movement to be where I am today. You know who you are and I know who you are and I thank you. 

I said I’ve been underestimated my whole life during the campaign. Now while all that is true, I have also been lifted up by others who saw something in me. And who encouraged me in life on this journey. And I pledged to the Australian people here tonight, I am here not to occupy the space, but to make a positive difference each and every day.

And to the amazing diverse people of Grayndler. All politics is local. And in 1996, there were various people who wrote off the chances of Labor holding on to that seat.

This is my 10th election. And I want to say thank you for placing your faith in me. It is an absolute honour to be your voice in our national parliament.

To my partner Jodie Haydon. Thank you for coming in to my life and for sharing this journey. 

And to my proudest achievement, my son, Nathan. Thank you, mate, for your love and support. Your mother, who’s here tonight, Carmel, we are both so proud of the caring, wonderful, smart young man you have become.

To my mum Maryanne, who’s beaming down on us. Thank you. 

And I hope there are families in public housing watching this tonight. Because I want every parent to be able to tell their child no matter where you live or where you come from, in Australia the doors of opportunity are open to us all.

Like every other Labor government, we’ll just widen that door a bit more. Friends, we have made history tonight. And tomorrow, together, we begin the work of building a better future. A better future for all Australians. Thank you very much,

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conceded his party has lost the election. He’ll also stand down as leader of the Liberal Party. Albanese used his speech to thank his supporters, fellow Labor politicians, party members and his family. Read his speech in full below: I acknowledge Australia’s next Indigenous Affairs Minister, , who is here. My fellow Australians, no-one gets here by themselves. And I wouldn’t be standing here tonight without the support, hard work and belief of so many people. To my parliamentary team, including my Deputy, , and my Senate leader,. My terrific economic team led by and . On Monday morning, arrangements are in place to have these people sworn in as members of my team. To enable Penny and I to attend the important Quad leader’s meeting in Tokyo, with President , Prime Minister and Prime Minister . And I want the leaders of the economic team to start work on Monday morning as well. I wanted to thank my shadow ministry and my amazing caucus members, including the people who are here tonight at this joint function in the corner of our seats, including , who is here. I want to thank all of our Labor candidates. I want to thank all those who have worked so hard for this victory. We stand on your shoulders, most rank and file members of the Labor Party will never ask for anything. They knock on doors, they make calls, they work so hard. They hand out how to votes.