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The White House has scrapped plans to have the B-52s perform at Wednesday's state dinner for Australia’s prime minister

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The PM spoke with Anthony Albanese and Jacinda Ardern at the Government’s Chevening country residence on Saturday.

Albanese was seen at a Gang of Youths concert in Sydney with his partner Jodie Haydon

After standing by Anthony Albanese's side throughout his six-week campaign to become Australia's next prime minister, his partner, Jodie Haydon, has been plunged into the public spotlight. We look at how Albanese and Haydon met, along with her transition into the high-profile role.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is a politician moulded by his humble start to life as the only child of a single mother who raised him on a pension in gritty inner-Sydney suburbia.

With many supporters still bearing the scars of the 2019 election loss, it was only when the Western Australian results streamed in that they dared to dream

Addressing his supporters at Canterbury-Hurlstone Park RSL Club in his hometown of Sydney, Mr Albanese pledged to bring Australians together, saying he would lead a government "worthy of the people of Australia".

The son of a single mother, born into a life in public housing, Anthony Albanese has achieved his life-long wish of becoming Prime Minister.