Which leader is the current Prime Minister?

• A. King Charles
• B. Anthony Albanese
• C. David Hurley
• D. Roger Cook

Answer: (B)

The key idea is who leads the federal government in Australia. The Prime Minister is the leader of the party with the majority in the House of Representatives and serves as the head of government, directing national policy and representing Australia at home and abroad. Anthony Albanese holds this role because he is the leader of the Australian Labor Party and became Prime Minister after his party won the federal election in 2022; he remains in that position while his party stays in government and he remains its leader.

King Charles is the monarch, not the Prime Minister, so he doesn’t run the government. The Governor-General, currently David Hurley, acts as the monarch’s representative in Australia and performs constitutional duties like opening Parliament and giving royal assent to laws. Roger Cook is the Premier of Western Australia, the head of government for that state, not the federal government. So Anthony Albanese is the correct current Prime Minister.