Prime Minister Anthony Albanese enjoys family walk before parliament returns
The pair were photographed on Monday morning in Canberra, alongside the Prime Minister's security detail, on a walk from the Lodge to Parliament House.
Mr Albanese is due to return to parliament on Tuesday for the first sitting week of the new term.
The Labor caucus is set to meet on Monday ahead of the sitting.
The younger Mr Albanese was pictured in a white zip-up jacket and jeans, while his father wore a heavy jacket and grey tie.
The Australian reported that Mr Albanese briefly spoke to reporters on the walk, bringing attention to Labor's 'positive agenda' and contrasting it with the 'No-alition' of his opponents.
Nathan Albanese was a student at the University of Technology Sydney, where he completed a Bachelor of Business Administration.
He later completed an unpaid internship at big four consultancy firm PwC, which led the Prime Minister to declare his son 'is not a public figure'.
The Prime Minister's son was last publicly seen at a swearing-in ceremony at Government house on May 13 after Labor's landslide election victory.
Labor hold 94 of the 150 seats in the House of Representatives, the Coalition have 43 and Crossbench have 13.
He also appeared on stage with Mr Albanese's fiancee Jodie Haydon and long-time ally Penny Wong as the Prime Minster declared victory of May 3.
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"The world is changing fast and you can either shape that change or it will shape you."
