Scott Morrison’s wife, Jenny, was a close confidante during her time in the main job, but did not take on much of a public role. In March, she conducted solo interviews to promote new government funding for endometriosis research and treatment, and sometimes, before the May election, campaigned with candidates separately from her husband.
Instead, Malcolm Turnbull’s wife, Lucy Turnbull, and Kevin Rudd’s wife, Therese Rein, had public profiles in their own right and continued their work while their husbands occupied the prime minister’s suite.
Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon reunite with Australian troops deployed in the Middle East. Credit: Alex Ellinghausen
The last single prime minister was Julia Gillard. His partner at the time, Tim Mathieson, was a government men’s health ambassador, a patron of Men’s Sheds Australia and was involved in kidney health and diabetes charities.
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