<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Opposition Leader Sussan Ley has made an extraordinary speech calling for an apology from the prime minister for wearing a popular rock band's T-shirt when he touched down in Australia after last week's visit to the United States.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese was snapped disembarking from his Air Force charter jet on Thursday wearing a tee of </span><em><span>Unknown Pleasures</span></em><span>, the 1979 debut album of British post-punk band Joy Division.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>In parliament today, Ley – who has previously spoken about her own "punk phase" she went through – gave a speech calling for Albanese to apologise for his choice of shirt, saying it was a "profound failure of judgment".</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/lifeline-13yarn-indigenous-crisis-support-hotline-records-surge-in-calls-after-march-for-australia-protests/cc8b2107-1174-4a74-96b7-07fe3a6cf589"><strong><span>Indigenous crisis hotline records surge after March for Australia protests</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The prime minister stepped off the plane proudly wearing a T-shirt with the name of a band, Joy Division, whose origins are steeped in antisemitism," the opposition leader said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The name was taken from a wing of a Nazi concentration camp where Jewish women were forced into sexual slavery.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"At a time when Jewish Australians are facing a rise in antisemitism, when families are asking for reassurance and unity, the prime minister chose to parade an image derived from hatred and suffering."</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sussan-ley-call-apology-anthony-albanese-joy-division-t-shirt/ef92b335-06d7-46da-851e-b4bd43bf24f5" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The origins of Joy Division's name have been well-known for some time now. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/city-sydney-council-new-planning-controls-no-gas-appliances/23c7918e-2bea-42b4-bbc4-8465818b2df8"><strong><span>Gas to be outlawed in Australia's biggest city</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Originally called Warsaw, the band changed its name, with its new moniker taken from the name given to the wings of Nazi concentration camps where women were forced into prostitution.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The band discovered the name from </span><em><span>House of Dolls</span></em><span>, a novella written by Holocaust survivor Yehiel De-Nur.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Some of Australia's biggest retailers, including Knart and JB-HiFi, have sold, or continue to sell, Joy Division T-shirts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>However, Ley said Albanese should apologise for and explain why he wore the shirt.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He cannot claim ignorance, he was told about the dark origins of this band on a podcast in 2022," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/caringbah-woman-arrested-after-alleged-vandalism-hospitals/be243839-f695-4585-b6a6-b2784da1fc4a"><strong><span>Woman arrested after gas, water switched off at Sydney hospitals</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"He even admitted, 'that is very dark'... so to wear that name across your chest is not just a statement of musical taste, and it is more than bad taste, it raises questions about values."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese is currently on another diplomatic trip outside of Australia, visiting Malaysia during the ASEAN Summit.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>9news.com.au has contacted his office for comment.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Formed in 1976, Joy Division split in 1980 following the death of vocalist Ian Curtis, but still influenced a raft of other bands, including U2, the Cure and Soundgarden. The remaining band members reformed as New Order.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f" target="_blank"><strong><em><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></em></strong></a><strong><em><span>:</span></em></strong><span> </span><em><strong><span>Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. 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