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The Prime Minister is the head of the Australian Government. This position is achieved by being the leader of the party, or coalition, with a majority of seats in the House of Representatives. 

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2021
Anthony Albanese
LABOR

AUSTRALIA’S CURRENT PRIME MINISTER

Anthony Albanese

2022 - PRESENT 2 years, 178 days
Anthony Albanese became Australia’s 31st Prime Minister when the Labor Party won office, replacing the Liberal-National Party Coalition government led by Scott Morrison.
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LIBERAL

Scott Morrison

2018 - 2022 3 years, 273 days
Turnbull
LIBERAL

Malcolm Turnbull

2015 - 2018 2 years, 344 days
Tony Abbott
LIBERAL

Tony Abbott

2013 - 2015 1 year, 362 days
Julia Gillard
LABOR

Julia Gillard

2010 - 2013 3 years, 4 days
Kevin Rudd
LABOR

Kevin Rudd

2007 - 2010, 2013 - 2013 2 years, 287 days
John Howard
LIBERAL

John Howard

1996 - 2007 11 years, 269 days
Paul Keating
LABOR

Paul Keating

1991 - 1996 4 years, 83 days
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LABOR

Bob Hawke

1983 - 1991 8 years, 286 days
Malcolm Fraser
LIBERAL

Malcolm Fraser

1975 - 1983 7 years, 122 days
Headshot of Gough Whitlam smiling at the camera with his hand up.
LABOR

Gough Whitlam

1972 - 1975 2 years, 341 days
Billy McMahon speaking
LIBERAL

Billy McMahon

1971 - 1972 1 year, 271 days
John Gorton in his office with a globe in his office.
LIBERAL

John Gorton

1968 - 1971 3 years, 60 days
John McEwen
COUNTRY

John McEwen

1967 - 1968 22 days
Harold Holt coming out of the ocean holding a fish in his hand, wearing a wetsuit with a snorkel mask on his head.
LIBERAL

Harold Holt

1966 - 1967 1 year, 327 days
Ben Chifley smiling.
LABOR

Ben Chifley

1945 - 1949 4 years, 160 days
Frank Forde at his desk.
LABOR

Frank Forde

1945 - 1945 7 days
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LABOR

John Curtin

1941 - 1945 3 years, 272 days
Portrait Arthur Fadden
COUNTRY

Arthur Fadden

1941 - 1941 40 days
Menzies sitting at his desk.
LIBERAL

Robert Menzies

1939 - 1941, 1949 - 1966 18 years, 167 days
Portrait of Earle Page
COUNTRY

Earle Page

1939 - 1939 19 days
Joseph Lyons wearing a hat
UNITED AUSTRALIA

Joseph Lyons

1932 - 1939 7 years, 93 days
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LABOR

James Scullin

1929 - 1932 2 years, 76 days
Stanley Bruce looking up, wearing a hat.
NATIONALIST

Stanley Bruce

1923 - 1929 6 years, 257 days
Billy Hughes
NATIONALIST

Billy Hughes

1915 - 1916, 1916 - 1917, 1917 - 1923 7 years, 107 days
Cook
LIBERAL

Joseph Cook

1913 - 1914 1 year, 55 days
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LABOR

Andrew Fisher

1908 - 1909, 1910 - 1913, 1914 - 1915 4 years, 298 days
Portrait of George Reid
LIBERAL (FREE TRADE)

George Reid

1904 - 1905 321 days
Portrait of Chris Watson
LABOR

Chris Watson

1904 - 1904 113 days
Portrait of Alfred Deakin sitting at a desk
LIBERAL

Alfred Deakin

1903 - 1904, 1905 - 1908, 1909 - 1910 4 years, 314 days
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LIBERAL (PROTECTIONIST)

Edmund Barton

1901 - 1903 2 years, 266 days
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