‘Small, intimate’: PM and Jodie Haydon reveal wedding plans

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and his fiancee Jodie Haydon are eyeing an outdoor wedding in the spring with friends and extensive family in attendance rather than a Catholic Church ceremony, despite their shared upbringing in the faith.

In an interview with Australian Women’s Weekly, Haydon said the wedding “will be small, intimate” in spirit, but the pair noted the bride in particular came from a big family.

“I know,” Haydon said. “I say small and intimate, but now you know how large our family is … Well, that’s what we’re aiming for.”

She said the wedding would be “possibly outdoors, in the second half of this year, with our family and loved ones … And you can be sure [Albanese’s dog] Toto will make an appearance.“

The article, which makes clear that any wedding will take place well beyond the next election, has been published just as the prime minister and treasurer are out promoting the government’s economic record following Tuesday’s interest rate cut.

On WSFM radio on Wednesday morning, Albanese conceded that “neither of us doing much planning at the moment”.

“We’re waiting to get through the election, our focus is on that. And after that, of course, it’s now a bit over a year. I, of course, proposed on Valentine’s Day last year and it’s lovely having that certainty and it’s just fantastic at my time in life to find someone I want to spend the rest of my life with.”

Albanese was married to former NSW Labor deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt from 2000 to 2019. Women’s Weekly reported the pair would adhere to the traditional Catholic prohibition on divorcees being remarried in church.