Anthony Albanese has proposed to his partner Jodie Haydon and she said yes.
The Prime Minister shared the romantic news on Thursday morning.
“She said yes ❤️,” Mr. Albanese said.
His colleagues, including Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Claire O’Neil, showered the newly engaged couple with praise and well wishes.
The once-divorced Prime Minister met Ms Haydon in early 2020 at a conference in Melbourne where the then Opposition Leader was speaking.
Anthony Albanese has proposed to his partner Jodie Haydon and she said yes
Labor leader Anthony Albanese with his son Nathan (left) and Jodie Haydon
Mr Albanese asked the crowd if any fellow South Sydney fans were present and Ms Haydon, who lives in his Grayndler electorate, shouted: ‘Up the Rabbitohs’.
Later he introduced himself and they decided to go for drinks when they got back to Sydney.
He seduced his new girlfriend with a date at a hipster brewery in Sydney’s west.
The craft beer fanatic enjoyed his first night out with 43-year-old Jodie Haydon at Young Henrys Brewery in Newtown.
‘We had what I thought was just going to be a drink at Young Henrys in Newtown, and we got on really well. That’s how it started,” he told Women’s Weekly.
Mr Albanese, a father of one, had recently split from his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt after 19 years of marriage and 30 years together.
He said he was still “emotionally bruised” by the sudden split, which did not involve third parties but came as a shock.
Mr Albanese attends the Australian premiere of Hamilton
Ms Haydon, who has never been married or had children, said she was not looking for a relationship but realized she had fallen in love with Mr Albanese when he was in a car accident in January 2021.
His Toyota was rammed by a Range Rover and he was rushed to hospital for x-rays but escaped serious injury.
Ms Haydon recalled arriving at the scene of the accident in Marrickville after a phone call and seeing her friend’s wrecked car.
‘I saw the wreckage of a car before I saw it and thought ‘he wouldn’t survive this’. It was very scary, and in that moment you realize how much you love this person – the fear of losing them,” she said.
‘When I jumped in the ambulance and saw Anthony, I knew how deep my feelings for him were.’
Mr Albanese and his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt – the former Deputy Premier of NSW. The potential future Prime Minister said he ‘didn’t see it coming’ when Mrs Tebbutt ended their marriage on New Year’s Day 2019
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