CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 22: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and fiancée Jodie Haydon at the Ecumenical Service at Wesley Church on July 22, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Parliament reopened on Tuesday following Labor's decisive election win. With a strong majority, Labor is set to push its agenda, signalling a clear shift in the political landscape. This session will reflect the party's priorities and a new direction for the government, as the opposition and cross-bench tries to make its p
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As speculation continues over when Anthony Albanese will meet Donald Trump in person for the first time, we know one event when that definitely won’t happen: his wedding.

The prime minister revealed this morning that the upcoming ceremony for him and fiancee Jodie Haydon will be a small, apolitical affair, with no international figures on the guest list.

”No,” he told Brisbane radio station B105 when asked if any world leaders would be invited.

CANBERRA, AUSTRALIA - JULY 22: Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (R) and fiancée Jodie Haydon at the Ecumenical Service at Wesley Church on July 22, 2025 in Canberra, Australia. Parliament reopened on Tuesday following Labor's decisive election win. With a strong majority, Labor is set to push its agenda, signalling a clear shift in the political landscape. This session will reflect the party's priorities and a new direction for the government, as the opposition and cross-bench tries to make its p
Jodie Haydon and Anthony Albanese will hold their wedding by the end of the year, but there won’t be any world leaders invited. (Getty)

“It’s not a political event. It’s an event between myself and Jodie.”

Albanese proposed to Haydon on Valentine’s Day last year, making him the first Australian prime minister to get engaged while in office.

He said the wedding wouldn’t be held until after this year’s federal election, and while there’s still no date set, the prime minister revealed this morning it will be held sometime in the next four months.

“We’re close (to settling on a date),” he said.

Jodie Haydon and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese during arrivals at the Midwinter Ball, at Parliament House in Canberra on Wednesday 7 September 2022. fedpol Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Albanese said the ceremony will be a “pretty small” affair. (Alex Ellinghausen)

“We’ve decided it will be this year… we’ve got a couple of options.”

While the looming event was described last year by then-opposition leader Peter Dutton as “our version of the royal wedding”, Albanese said today it will be a subdued ceremony.

“Our (guest) list is pretty small,” Albanese said.

“We’re going to do something that’s not enormous.”

The Lodge – the prime minister’s official residence in Canberra – has long loomed as the most likely venue for the wedding.

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