Anthony Albanese steps out in Peter Alexander pyjamas and Newton Jets jersey at Marrickville home

Anthony Albanese has stepped out in his pyjamas and a pair of Ugg boots on Friday morning to collect his daily newspapers.

The Prime Minister donned his favourite Peter Alexander pants with cute cartoon rabbits on them and a retro Newtown Jets jersey as he fetched his papers at 6.03am.

He didn’t spend too long outside in the foggy and chilly morning air, before walking back inside his Marrickville home in Sydney’s inner west.

The new PM is yet to move into Kirribilli House, on Sydney Harbour, because Scott Morrison and his family remain at the residence six days after the election loss.

However, with Mr Morrison, his wife Jenny and their two daughters set to return to their home in the Sutherland Shire, in Sydney’s south, on Friday, the weekend is likely to be moving day for Mr Albanese. 

Moving vans were seen at The Lodge in Canberra on Thursday. 

The 59-year-old’s neighbours, who love having ‘Albo’ in the street, have previously told Daily Mail Australia they hope he moves half-an-hour away to Kirribilli to keep their smart street out of the headlines. 

‘Fingers crossed,’ said retired neighbour Jon. ‘It’d be impossible for him to stay here with all the security that’s needed as PM – but we’d be sad to see him go.’ 

Another neighbour said he even takes her bins out for her when the family goes on holiday, and buys her children Christmas presents each year.

‘He’s a lovely neighbour and he is very chatty,’ said mother-of-two, Jane. ‘He’s gorgeous with the children. He’s always got time for them – I find that amazing.’

Mr Albanese lives in a modest home in Marrickville and owns several other investment properties – some on the same street as his house, and has a real estate portfolio worth about $5million.

Mr Albanese, who grew up in a nearby Camperdown housing commission flat, is a life member of the South Sydney Rabbitohs but also attends Newtown Jets home games at Marrickville’s Henson Park.

‘Where I grew up people went to church on Sunday, they voted Labor every three years, and they went to the footy on Saturday – either Souths, Newtown or Balmain,’ he told Daily Mail Australia during the election campaign.

‘One of the things I still do is go to Henson Park to watch Newtown play and we sit on the hill – 8,972 of us – it’s a cracker.’

The crowd at all of Newtown’s fixtures at Henson Park is announced as being 8,972 – the number of fans at the club’s last game before it was kicked out of the first grade competition at the end of the 1983 season.

Newtown now plays in the second-tier NSW Cup.

Just days after becoming the country’s new leader, Mr Albanese has already had to deal with controversy in his own party, after Tanya Plibersek likened Peter Dutton to bald-headed Harry Potter villain ‘Voldemort’.

Ms Plibersek, who is expected become the nation’s next education minister following Labor’s historic election win, said children who had watched the films would be very ‘frightened’ of the former defence minister when they see him on TV.

‘I am saying he looks a bit like Voldemort and we will see whether he can do what he promised he would do when he was last running for leader, which is smile more,’ Ms Plibersek told 4BC radio.

Sunrise host Natalie Barr on Thursday grilled Mr Albanese about the brutal insult made against Mr Dutton, pointing out there would be ‘hell to pay’ if a man mocked a female MP’s looks. 

The new PM replied: ‘She has already apologised’.

‘There are a few comments made by the former prime minister about my appearance you might recall as part of the election campaign,’ he said.

‘We should not refer to people’s appearance, let’s discuss policy differences.’