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At the [[2022 Australian federal election|2022 federal election]], [[Anthony Albanese]] was elected, becoming Australia's first Prime Minister of Italian descent.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-05-21 |title=Australian election 2022: Anthony Albanese due for speech; Scott Morrison concedes and stands down as Liberal leader – live updates |url=https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/live/2022/may/21/australian-election-2022-live-news-today-australia-federal-anthony-albanese-scott-morrison-who-won-winning-opinion-polls-polling-vote-labor-coalition-liberals-greens-independents-candidates-seats-odds-results-politics-latest-updates |access-date=2022-05-21 |website=[[The Guardian]] |language=en}}</ref>

 

==Demographics==

Italian Australians have a low rate of return migration to Italy. In December 2001, the [[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|Department of Foreign Affairs]] estimated that there were 30,000 Australian citizens resident in Italy.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf|title=Estimates of Australian Citizens Living Overseas as at December 2001|date=14 February 2001|publisher=Southern Cross Group ([[Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (Australia)|DFAT]] data)|access-date=15 July 2008|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080720101723/http://www.southern-cross-group.org/archives/Statistics/Numbers_of_Australians_Overseas_in_2001_by_Region_Feb_2002.pdf|archive-date=20 July 2008}}</ref> These are likely to be largely returned Italian emigrants with Australian citizenship, and their Italian-Australian children.

 

[[File:Sordi-Cardinale-BelloOnesto.jpg|thumb|A scene from the film ''[[A Girl in Australia]]'' (1971)]]

 

* ''[[Love's Brother]]'' by [[Jan Sardi]] (2004)

* ''[[Underbelly (series 1)]]'' (2008)

 

==See also==

 

{{Italian diaspora}}

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