Anthony Albanese announces engagement
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has announced his engagement to partner Jodie Haydon on social media.
Albanese shared a selfie with Haydon to X - formerly known as Twitter - on Thursday morning with the caption: "she said yes" followed by a red love heart emoji.
The post has already received 1800 likes and many comments congratulating the couple on their happy news.
“Love is a beautiful thing. I’m so happy for you both!” Foreign Affairs minister Penny Wong wrote in the comments.
"Congratulations!" Labor frontbencher Clare O'Neil said.
The pair reportedly met at a Melbourne event when he spotted her in the crowd, according to Women's Weekly.
He said he asked if there were any South Sydney fans in the audience, to which “Jodie yelled out, ‘Up the Rabbitohs’”.
He introduced himself to Haydon after leaving the stage, and the pair found that they had a lot in common.
Albanese and Haydon have been dating since 2020.
Prior to his relationship with Haydon, the Labor leader was married to Carmel Tebbutt for 19 years but the pair split in January 2019. They had been together for a total of 30 years and share one son, Nathan.
Albanese was the first Australian prime minister to be sworn in as a divorcee, when he was elected into office in 2022.
He is also the first Australian leader to get engaged while in office and potentially the first to get married while in office, if he survives the next election scheduled for before 2025.
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