Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong and Sophie Allouache,partners for nearly two decades,were married on Saturday in a ceremony attended by Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and senior ministers.
The wedding was held at the Bird in Hand Winery in the Adelaide Hills. Invitations were sent out late last year and details of the ceremony remained a closely guarded secret.
In addition to Albanese and his partnerJodie Haydon,the guest list was said to include senior ministers including Health Minister Mark Butler,Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles,Treasurer Jim Chalmers,Finance Minister Katy Gallagher,as well as former South Australian premier Jay Weatherill.
Several of Wong’s senior staffers were also invited.
Guests were asked to wear their dancing shoes and told the event would be held outside,where cocktails would be served.
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The couple’s two daughters,Alexandra,12,and Hannah,8,were flower girls at the ceremony.
Entertainment for the evening included atraditional lion dance in a nod to Wong’s Malaysian-Chinese heritage.
The weather forecast for the Adelaide Hills was mostly fine with temperatures of 30 degrees. The menu at the restaurant of the wedding venue gives guests the option of a $195-a-head,three-hour degustation.