Anthony Albanese issues Mother’s Day message: Prime Minister shares throwback photos

Anthony Albanese shared a touching message to celebrate Mother’s Day and recognize those who spend the day without their loved ones.

In the bittersweet social media post, the prime minister also paid tribute to his own mother, Maryanne, who died on May 25, 2002 at the age of 65.

Mother’s Day is a special day. But for me and many others, it’s always a bit difficult,” Mr Albanese wrote, alongside a series of photos of him and his late mother together.

“Mother’s Day was the day my mom went to the hospital and never came back.”

Mr Albanese added that every Mother’s Day he remembered how much his mother had sacrificed for him.

She always gave me unconditional love. And I feel very privileged to have had that. Mothers are truly special,” he wrote.

“Happy Mother’s Day to all the mothers out there.”

Mr Albanese shared similar messages last year on Mother’s Day and in 2021 when he was still leader of the opposition.

He often tells the story of his upbringing in inner west Sydney public housing, explaining that he and his mother didn’t have much, but he knew how much they loved each other.

Mr Albanese’s mother raised him alone while receiving a disability pension as she struggled with rheumatoid arthritis which crippled her joints and prevented her from working.

And it was his mother’s influence and their struggle to make ends meet that inspired the man who would become Prime Minister to enter politics with a promise to leave no one behind.

In 2022, Mr. Albanese said his mother was brave to bring him into the world.

In the bittersweet social media post, the prime minister also paid tribute to his own mother, Maryanne, who died on May 25, 2002 at the age of 65.

Mr Albanese’s mother raised him alone while receiving a disability pension as she struggled with rheumatoid arthritis which crippled her joints and prevented her from working

“She made the bold decision in 1963 to keep a child she had out of wedlock,” he said.

“She chose to—deal with the pressure that was on a young Catholic woman at the time, in those circumstances, to take my father’s name, and I was brought up to be told that he had passed away.

‘That’s a tough decision. It says something about the pressure that was put on women.

“And the pressure that continues to be exerted on women in difficult circumstances.

“So the fact that – that young lad is now running for Prime Minister says a lot about her. And her courage.

But it also says a lot about this country. About this country.’

Mr Albanese believed his father had been killed in a car accident until he was about 15 when mother Maryanne revealed she had become pregnant after a brief fling with an Italian flight attendant she met on a journey from Sydney to England.

Maryanne died in 2002 at the age of 65. “She was exhausted and compared to her life mine has been an absolute dream,” Albanese told Daily Mail Australia.

Mr. Albanese finally met his father, Carlo, in Italy in 2009. Carlo died of cancer in 2014.