Pressure on Anthony Albanese to declare position after Bill Shorten declares he will run Pressure on Anthony Albanese to declare position after Bill Shorten declares he will run 11th Sep 2013 10:32am | By Luke Darracott Labor's rightwing faction is trying to tease out Anthony Albanese's intentions to run as its candidate, Bill Shorten, signalled he was preparing to announce formally his running for leadership. In the wake of the elections favouring Tony Abbot's government as ruling party the opposition has been going through a period of reassessment. Leftwinger Albanese - deputy leader of the Labor Party (ALP) - has been uncertain about whether or not he should stand and party sources were still unclear of his plans as of Wednesday morning.