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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality editor

Single mothers hope Anthony Albanese’s upbringing might spur change

Leilani Sinclair, a single mother living in public housing in Canberra
Canberra single mother Leilani Sinclair: ‘It feels like this constant uphill battle and we keep getting kicked back down.’ Photograph: The Guardian

It’s late on Saturday night and a jubilant Anthony Albanese is on stage at an RSL club in Sydney’s inner west with a message for families like Leilani Sinclair’s.

“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,” he says, emotion etched on his face.

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