Antony Albanese is a prime minister of history.
He made history when he became the first Italian-Australian head of government.
He made history when he led his Labor party to a landslide election win in 2025, securing 94 seats in the house of representatives, the most ever won by a single party at an Australian federal poll.
He made history again on Saturday, becoming the first prime minister to tie the knot while in office.
Surrounded by family and close friends, Mr Albanese married his partner Jodie Haydon at an intimate ceremony at The Lodge in Canberra.
“We are absolutely delighted to share our love and commitment to spending our future lives together, in front of our family and closest friends,” they said in a statement.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and wife Laura were among those on the guest list of about 60 people, which lacked any world leaders.
Other attending Labor figures included Tim Ayres, Tony Burke, Katy Gallagher, Penny Wong, Mark Butler, Richard Marles, Penny Sharpe and Jo Haylen.
Ms Haydon walked down the aisle with her parents Bill and Pauline by her side in an intricate long-sleeved white dress embellished with floral motifs by Sydney designer Romance was Born as Ben Folds song The Luckiest played.
Mr Albanese wore a black tuxedo from MJ Bale, and the pair exchanged self-written vows.
Their dog Toto did the ring-bearing honours, and Ms Haydon’s five-year-old niece Ella was flower girl.
Cheers erupted from the gardens soon after 4.30pm as the newlyweds walked back down the aisle hand in hand to Stevie Wonder’s Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I’m Yours).
Guests were treated to beer in a special can made by Willie the Boatman, whose brewery is in Mr Albanese’s electorate in Sydney’s inner west.
The pair cemented the occasion with their first dance to Frank Sinatra’s The Way You Look Tonight.
The occasion also brought well wishes from those on the other side of Mr Albanese’s political aisle.
“I wish them every happiness as they continue building their lives together,” Opposition Leader Sussan Ley said.
Mr Albanese and Ms Haydon will have a five-day honeymoon in Australia from Monday.
Ms Haydon, who is head of strategic partnerships at Teachers Mutual Bank, met Mr Albanese at a business dinner in Melbourne in 2019.
Mr Albanese proposed at The Lodge on Valentine’s Day in 2024, with a ring he helped design.
Earlier that year, the couple bought a cliff-top home overlooking the Central Coast’s Copacabana Beach for $4.3 million.
Before meeting his wife, Mr Albanese was married to Carmel Tebbutt, whom he first met through Young Labor in the late 1980s.
They share a son, Nathan, born in 2000, and separated in early 2019 after 19 years of marriage.
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