Anthony Albanese drops five-word hint when he plans to step down as Prime Minister
Anthony Albanese has opened up about when he hopes to stand down as Prime Minister as he approaches four years of being in power.
He is hopeful of becoming the first Australian Prime Minister in more than six decades to pave his own way out of the role.
The last to leave office on their terms was Robert Menzies on January 20, 1966.
All 15 leaders since have been removed from the job either by the Australian public or their own party colleagues – or in Harold Holt’s case, due to death.
Albanese explained that he intends to step back from the role when he ‘stops growing as a person’ during a wide-ranging interview with Channel Seven podcast The Issue.
‘Then I’ll know it is time to watch the footy every Saturday rather than do this job,’ he said.
‘This job is an incredible privilege. I’m enjoying this job, but I don’t take it for granted at all.
‘I think that is a good thing, the stability that my government has been able to provide.
