Home Australia We obtained a copy of Anthony Albanese’s diary. Between meetings with his inner circle and the biggest names in the world there are FOUR private moments with one of his biggest enemies.

We obtained a copy of Anthony Albanese’s diary. Between meetings with his inner circle and the biggest names in the world there are FOUR private moments with one of his biggest enemies.

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Albanese regularly worked seven days a week, meeting a wide spectrum of parliamentary colleagues and meeting business sector heavyweights.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met opposition leader Peter Dutton at least four times in his first 100 days in office, in a sign their relationship is not as frosty as it seems.

The prime minister’s diary from July to December 2022, the months immediately after his election to office, was published under freedom of information laws after a protracted year-long battle with former independent senator Rex Patrick.

Some 734 meetings and appointments from that period were redacted by government officials and therefore not available to the public, but Daily Mail Australia analyzed the diary’s remaining content.

Dutton was one of the only figures to have repeated face-to-face meetings with Albanese.

His conversations with Albanese far exceeded those with former Qantas chief executive Alan Joyce (one meeting, 30 minutes), NRL boss Andrew Abdo (once, five minutes), political commentator Peter Van Onselen (twice : a 90-minute meeting and a 30-minute meeting). one-minute interview in GQ) and bigwigs from the Rio Tinto mining corporation (once, one hour).

Albanese regularly worked seven days a week, meeting a wide spectrum of parliamentary colleagues and meeting business sector heavyweights.

Albanese regularly worked seven days a week, meeting a wide spectrum of parliamentary colleagues and meeting business sector heavyweights.

Pictured: A snapshot of what a day in the life of a Prime Minister is like

Pictured: A snapshot of what a day in the life of a Prime Minister is like

Pictured: A snapshot of what a day in the life of a Prime Minister is like

The timeline offers a glimpse into the daily life of a PM. During that period, Albanese regularly worked seven days a week, meeting a wide range of parliamentary colleagues and meeting business sector heavyweights.

But any potentially juicy meetings or dates Albanese attended during that period were not made available to the public because they were considered to be confidential information under article 37 of the Freedom of Information Act.

That section states that revealing such details could “endanger the life or physical safety of any person” or “reveal, or enable a person to determine, the existence or identity of a confidential source of information.”

Peter Dutton’s four meetings with the Prime Minister

During Albanese’s first 100 days, the Prime Minister hosted repeated meetings with his inner circle of senior ministers, namely Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher.

Both ministers, described by an unnamed Labor insider in a Nine newspaper report this week, are figures so close to Mr Albanese that they resemble “deputy prime ministers”.

Then there’s Mr. Dutton.

Despite their repeated (and often heated) political fights on camera and in the media, both Dutton and Albanese have indicated that they have a decent relationship behind closed doors.

Just weeks after winning the election, Albanese said: ‘Peter Dutton, I have to say I have a much better relationship with Peter Dutton than I do with Scott Morrison.

“Peter Dutton has never broken the trust I have had with him.”

The duo first had a brief 15-minute meeting on July 26, according to the newspaper. This was followed by 30 minutes on September 5, again on September 12 and again on October 27, joined on that occasion by Indigenous Australia Minister Linda Burney.

This could well be related to Albanese’s initiative to have an Indigenous voice in Parliament, which failed after Dutton refused to provide bipartisan support for the measure.

A spokesman said: ‘The Government is working constructively across Parliament.

“The Prime Minister regularly meets or holds talks with the leader of the opposition.”

Despite their repeated (and often heated) political fights on camera and in the media, both Dutton and Albanese have indicated that they have a decent relationship behind closed doors.

Despite their repeated (and often heated) political fights on camera and in the media, both Dutton and Albanese have indicated that they have a decent relationship behind closed doors.

Despite their repeated (and often heated) political fights on camera and in the media, both Dutton and Albanese have indicated that they have a decent relationship behind closed doors.

The Prime Minister only had one official meeting with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce between May and December 2022, scheduled in his diary.

This meeting took place just a month after Qatar Airways made the now infamous pitch for more flight routes to Australia.

The pair met from 11am to 11.30am on Wednesday 23 November, in the middle of a busy day for the Prime Minister in which he had breakfast with the Governor-General, followed by five morning meetings with people whose names were redacted. from his diary.

Transport Minister Catherine King received a departmental report the following January, but did not formally block the application until July.

Towards the end of 2023, when the decision became public, King faced intense scrutiny over the decision, and both she and Albanese were questioned about whether Qantas had any influence over the decision.

Amid that scandal and several other public relations crises at Qantas, Joyce resigned from his position.

The Prime Minister had just one official meeting with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce between May and December 2022, as planned in his diary.

The Prime Minister had just one official meeting with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce between May and December 2022, as planned in his diary.

The Prime Minister had just one official meeting with Qantas CEO Alan Joyce between May and December 2022, as planned in his diary.

PM on the world stage

One of the prime minister’s first tests on the world stage came just four months after taking office, following the tragic death of Queen Elizabeth.

Albanese flew to London on September 16 for the funeral, arriving via Stansted Airport and having a 90-minute (redacted) meeting in the afternoon.

He met with then-Prime Minister Liz Truss on Saturday, with Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Sunday and was part of the international delegation during Monday’s funeral.

At 6:50 a.m. Tuesday, Albanese was back in the air en route to his home in Australia.

In the photo: Albanese with the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton.

In the photo: Albanese with the Princess of Wales, Kate Middleton.

In the photo: Mr Albanese with King Charles.

In the photo: Mr Albanese with King Charles.

One of the prime minister’s first tests on the world stage came just four months after taking office, following the tragic death of Queen Elizabeth.

An earlier trip to Spain for the NATO summit was similarly crowded.

For four straight days, the Prime Minister’s schedule was packed with back-to-back meetings, briefings and media engagements.

On Saturday before returning home, the prime minister scheduled an hour at the famous impressionist art gallery Musee D’Orsay in Paris.

It was a rare moment of respite for Albanese, and his fights with Dutton certainly felt like they were a world away.

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