Foreign Minister Penny Wong has tied the knot in her hometown of Adelaide, wedding her long-term partner Sophie Allouache.
Senator Wong wore a fire-engine red suit to the wedding, a traditional symbol of good luck, happiness, and beginning a good life free from evil spirits for brides at Chinese weddings.
Her partner Sophie Allouache wore a white satin gown with lace sleeves with the couple releasing a single photograph to the media capturing their big day.
The high profile Labor frontbencher shares two daughters with Ms Allouache, who she met nearly 20 years ago in 2006.
After years of hard-fought reforms to legalise gay marriage, Senator Wong celebrated last night at a Woodside winery, The Bird in Hand.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, who jetted into Canberra on his RAAF VIP plane on Friday for a speaking engagement ahead of the wedding, attended the festivities with his fiancee Jodie Haydon.
The intensely private Senator Wong had not previously publicly acknowledged the wedding or the fact that the couple were engaged.
Senator Wong announced last month t...
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