<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Prime Minister </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/anthony-albanese" rel="" target="" title="Anthony Albanese"><span>Anthony Albanese</span></a><span> has married long-time partner Jodie Haydon in an intimate ceremony at The Lodge this afternoon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple shared a brief statement after the private event, which is the first time the prime ministerial residence has hosted a wedding.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are absolutely delighted to share our love and commitment to spending our future lives together, in front of our family and closest friends," the couple said.</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/shark-attack-crowdy-head-nsw-multiple-victims/8d5d56d6-00ae-4b5e-b353-99ed6840bd38" target="_blank"><strong><span>Couple filmed dolphins on GoPro before deadly shark attack</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple wrote their own vows and walked down the aisle to Ben Folds' song </span><em><span>The Luckiest</span></em><span>, </span><em><span>The Sydney Morning Herald</span></em><span> reports.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese's much-loved dog Toto was the ring bearer.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The couple met in 2019 at a business dinner and bonded over their love of the South Sydney Rabbitohs.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/anthony-albanese-jodie-haydon-wedding-the-ldoge/dfe91d8f-803c-4a01-b82f-20ef488b1c58" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Haydon, who grew up on the NSW Central Coast, accompanied the prime minister throughout his 2022 and 2025 election campaigns.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Albanese proposed to Haydon on Valentine's Day last year.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The pair has kept plans for their nuptials tightly under wraps.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>More to come.</span></strong></div></div>