Albanese Becomes Australia's First Leader to Get Engaged in Office | Vantage with Palki SharmannAnthony Albanese has become the first Australian prime minister to get engaged in office. He proposed to his partner on Valentine's Day. Albanese is an outlier in the landscape of politics where voters prefer leaders who are happily married. Some other leaders have also challenged this norm. Former PM of New Zealand Jacinda Ardern was unmarried when she took office. She later made history by giving birth while in office. Indian PM Narendra Modi has also leveraged singlehood in a nation that hails marriage. Why are people obsessed with the marital status of political leaders? How do politicians use it to their advantage? When do they fall in a trap? And how do they overcome it? Palki Sharma tells you.
