Penny Wong wedding: Australian foreign minister weds long-time partner Sophie Allouache in ‘special day’

Couple married in Adelaide after nearly two decades together, with prime minister Anthony Albanese in attendance

The couple were married in Adelaide on Saturday in a ceremony attended by prime minister Anthony Albanese and senior ministers.

The couple’s two daughters – Alexandra, 11, and Hannah, 8 – were reportedly flower girls at the wedding.“You both look absolutely gorgeous,” she said. Entering federal parliament in 2002, Wong recently made history as Australia’s longest-serving female cabinet minister. She initially toed the Labor line by publicly opposing same-sex marriage before becoming one of its loudest and most ardent advocates.During the parliamentary debate in 2017 to expand marriage to same-sex couples like hers, the senator paid tribute to her partner Sophie and their daughters.

“This is the most personal of debates because it is about the people who matter most to us,” she said.

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