Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon wed at The Lodge in Canberra

"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 newly wedded pair said.

The ceremony took place on Saturday afternoon, after the final parliamentary sitting of the year.

Among the intimate guest list of close family and friends, were Mr Albanese's son, Nathan Albanese, and Ms Haydon's parents, Bill and Pauline Haydon.

It is the first time an Australian Prime Minister has tied the knot while in office.

Ms Haydon was walked down the aisle by her parents to Ben Folds' song The Luckiest, with the bride's five-year-old niece Ella as flower girl and the Prime Minister's cavoodle Toto as ring bearer.

The bride wore a dress by Sydney designer Romance was Born, while Mr Albanese's suit was from MJ Bale. The pair wrote their own vows and their wedding bands were from Cerrone Jewellers in Leichhardt, Sydney.

After the ceremony, conducted by a celebrant from the NSW Central Coast and witnessed by Ms Haydon's brother Patrick Haydon and the PM's cousin Helen Golden, the newlyweds walked back down the aisle to Stevie Wonder's Signed, Sealed, Delivered (I'm Yours).

Their first dance was to be to The Way You Look Tonight by Frank Sinatra.

The Prime Minister and Ms Haydon will go on a five-day honeymoon in Australia from Monday.

Wedding guests included ACT Labor Senator and Finance Minister Katy Gallagher, Treasurer Jim Chalmers and wife Laura Chalmers, Foreign Minister Penny Wong, Special Minister of State Don Farrell and wife Nimfa Farrell, Home Affairs Minister Tony Burke, Health Minister Mark Butler, Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles, Industry Minister Tim Ayres and Assistant Minister Jenny McAllister.

Also in attendance were the Prime Minister's communications director Fiona Sugden, Australian Labor Party secretary Paul Erickson and his partner Dimity Paul, who works in the Prime Minister's office.

Guests were served beer in a special can made by Willie the Boatman whose brewery is in Sydney's Inner West.

All expenses related to the wedding were being covered privately by Mr Albanese and Ms Haydon.

Opposition Leader Sussan Ley gave the pair her well wishes, saying: "Congratulations to Anthony and Jodie! I wish them every happiness as they continue building their lives together."

Mr Albanese and Ms Haydon had been engaged since February 2024, when the Prime Minister popped the question on the balcony at the Lodge after dining at iconic Canberra restaurant Italian and Sons in Braddon.

Their courtship began at a Melbourne function in 2019, when Ms Haydon captured the Prime Minister's attention when professing her love for his beloved South Sydney Rabbitohs NRL team.

On Thursday, Mr Albanese used his end-of-year-speech in Parliament to pay tribute to Ms Haydon, praising the way she juggled her own career with being his partner.

"This job would be so much harder to do by myself," the Prime Minister said.

Ms Haydon was "not a party political person" - although she was "born Labor and will die Labor" - he said, saying his beloved had been "thrust into a public role that she could not have expected a decade ago."

"She takes leave without pay to represent Australia, and I thank her for that ... But most importantly, I thank her for what she does for me, and to make my life so much better."

Mr Albanese said world leaders from French President Emmanuel Macron to British Prime Minister Keir Starmer asked after Ms Haydon, when he attended global events solo, saying: "She is so well liked."

Ms Haydon works full time and her career has spanned banking, superannuation and unions, most recently as women's officer at the Public Service Association of NSW.

She serves as chief patron of the National Portrait Gallery (a role traditionally held by prime ministers' partners) and ambassador for children's cancer charity Redkite.

The prime minister also used his speech to thank his staff and his AFP security detail, "whose job is unfortunately becoming more difficult with the rise in threats".

"They do an incredible job and put themselves on the line and I thank them for their diligence and friendship," Mr Albanese said.

And he acknowledged his staff at the Lodge, "who look after those premises and host important events ... and who work in such a diligent way".

Of his summer plans, the Prime Minister said: "I look forward to watching Australia humiliate the English cricket team, starting on Saturday with the PM's XI sorting out the English team at Manuka Oval."