Tanya Plibersek

Then-deputy leader Tanya Plibersek had been considering running for Labor leader in May, 2019, but pulled out because her daughter Anna was to appear in ...

We know the statistics about one in five Australian women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15. Ms Plibersek said she was left devastated after hearing about the things that had been done to her daughter. Ms Plibersek said she was left devastated after hearing about the things that had been done to her daughter Anna said she believed her mother would have made a great Labor leader if she had not pulled out of the contest for the top job in 2019. She was around 18-years-old at the time her mother was working as the deputy Labor leader and in the running for the top job in 2019. Ms Plibersek said she wanted to support her daughter knowing she would be called in as a witness in court, it was

Anthony Albanese has avoided responding to fresh claims from Tanya Plibersek that she would have won the Labor Party leadership in 2019 had she stood for ...

“We know that this is a story that is so common in Australia. “I was elected unopposed after the 2019 election, and I won in 2022. I’m so proud of her”.

Anna Plibersek, now 21, remembers what it was like growing up around her mother, a social justice advocate and later a deputy opposition leader. She shares her ...

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Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has again faced questions about his leadership after recent comments from senior minister Tanya Plibersek.

"This is an opportunity for people to reach out and get help, from the Survivor Hub, of course also from 1800 RESPECT. We know the statistics about one in five Australian women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15 and those statistics are just devastating. Like any parents, her father and I were devastated when we found out". But I am pretty confident that if I had run, I would have won," she told the Nine Newspapers Good Weekend magazine. "Tanya Plibersek's doing a great job as environment minister. "We'll never know.

A new biography of Tanya Plibersek is certain to ignite tensions in the Labor caucus.

But I am pretty confident that if I had run, I would have won,” Plibersek said. [James Massola](/by/james-massola-hvf20)is national affairs editor. [Subscribers can sign up to our weekly Inside Politics newsletter here](/link/follow-20170101-p5apym). They were once close political allies but Plibersek’s decision to stand as deputy leader in 2013 caused a rift between the pair, as it was seen to clear the way for Bill Shorten becoming leader. Simons writes that Plibersek supporters told her that “had she contested the leadership at any time between the 2019 defeat and the final months of 2021, she would have won” – and that some of them were urging her to try. “That’s absolutely what people who like to background against me would say.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has brushed aside Tania Plibersek's suggestion she would have become Labor leader in 2019...

"There is no doubt in Tanya Plibersek's mind that she would have won the Labor leadership in 2019 and looking at the first nine months under Prime Minister Albanese, there's probably not much doubt in anyone else's mind either." "I was elected unopposed after the 2019 election and I won in 2022, and I'm very proud of the amazing team that I have." The federal environment minister has revealed in a new book that her daughter Anna's trauma as a result of an abusive relationship was the reason she withdrew from the contest, and that she believes she would have won the party's top job had she run.

Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says she had the numbers to win the leadership of the Labor party in 2019 but chose not to contest because she ...

In an emergency, call 000. "As a woman and a mother, I was incredibly touched by Tanya's story and I particularly want to praise her daughter Anna, who so bravely articulated her story," she said in a statement on Saturday afternoon. Federal Environment Minister Tanya Plibersek says she had the numbers to win the leadership of the Labor party in 2019 but chose not to contest because she was supporting her daughter Anna through trauma as a result of an abusive relationship.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has sidestepped claims by Tanya Plibersek that she would have become Labor leader in 2019 had she run for the job.

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Tanya Plibersek's daughter has revealed the devastating reason her mother abandoned plans to run for the Labor leadership in 2019 as she supported her in a ...

“Like any parents, her father and I were devastated when we found out. They destroy self-confidence, so they can’t behave in the way they normally do.” I hope this story makes someone else’s journey a little easier.” The ex-boyfriend was convicted of assault. And those statistics are just devastating. Like any parent, I was devastated when I found out.— Tanya Plibersek (@tanya_plibersek) There’s a story in today’s papers about my daughter, Anna. And I wanted to look after him, to be good for him. “What were you wearing? It can happen to anyone.” “I experienced pretty much every kind of abuse you can think of. I lost myself.”

Tanya Plibersek also took to social media on Saturday morning to reveal the trauma behind her decision to not contest the Labor Party leadership.

The book also reports that some of her supporters were urging her to challenge Albanese during that period. Previously, he was the national news blogger for The Age and The Sydney Morning Herald.Connect via [Anthony Galloway](/by/anthony-galloway-p4yvn5)is political correspondent for The Sun-Herald and The Sunday Age.Connect via [James Massola](/by/james-massola-hvf20)is national affairs editor. We know the statistics – about one in five Australian women have experienced sexual violence since the age of 15, and those statistics are just devastating.” Albanese and Plibersek are part of the Left faction and hold neighbouring seats. He has previously been Sunday political correspondent and South-East Asia correspondent.Connect via [Broede Carmody](/by/broede-carmody-gsxnae)is a state political reporter for The Age. And I’m very proud of the amazing team that I have.” In the book, Simons writes that Plibersek supporters told her that “had she contested the leadership at any time between the 2019 defeat and the final months of 2021, she would have won”. Former leader Bill Shorten and former prime minister Julia Gillard urged Plibersek to run in 2019, but she pulled out of the contest two days after the election, saying at the time she could not “reconcile the important responsibilities I have to my family with the additional responsibilities of the Labor leadership”. For Plibersek to have won, she would have needed a substantial majority of the members’ vote to offset Albanese’s advantage in the caucus. The book reveals that Plibersek’s decision not to run was heavily influenced by her daughter Anna being in an abusive relationship and the fact she would soon have to face being a witness in court against her abuser, who was eventually convicted of assault. Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has refused to weigh in on Tanya Plibersek’s claims that she would have won the Labor leadership in 2019 if she had stood, saying the environment minister was doing a great job in her portfolio and had been a friend of his for many years.