Anthony Albanese revealed he will finally marry his long-term partner Jodie Haydon after the federal election.
Mr Albanese spoke of his wedding plans during a live recording of The Rest is Politics podcast on Saturday night and revealed the couple’s wedding song has been their biggest point of contention.
‘I am getting married in the second half of the year … I’ve been very lucky, very fortunate to meet Jodie at this time in my life and someone who we want to spend the rest of our lives together,’ Mr Albanese told hosts Alastair Campbell and Rory Stewart.
‘We have gone through a range of music that can be played as a wedding song, and I’ve got to say … it will be easier to work through the global geopolitical position than it is to come up with a single song I think at this point in time.
‘We do have slightly different musical tastes.’
In response Campbell, the former press secretary to UK Labor prime minister Tony Blair, said: ‘Well, if I were you, I’d let her decide.’
The once-divorced PM met Ms Haydon in early 2020 at a conference in Melbourne where the then-Opposition Leader was speaking.
Mr Albanese asked the crowd if there were any fellow South Sydney fans present and finance worker Ms Haydon shouted: ‘Up the Rabbitohs’.
He later introduced himself and they decided to go for a drink when they were back in Sydney.
Ms Haydon, who has never been married or had children, said she wasn’t looking for a relationship but realised she had fallen in love with Mr Albanese when he had a car crash in January 2021.
His Toyota was rammed by a Range Rover and he was rushed to hospital for X-rays but escaped serious injury.
The pair were engaged in February 2024.
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