Federal election 22: Who is Anthony Albanese’s partner Jodie Haydon, the new First Lady

She works for a union and is the daughter of schoolteachers - so what will Jodie Haydon change now her partner is Australia’s new Prime Minister?

Australia’s new “First Lady’’ Jodie Haydon is expected to continue to pursue her career, after partner Anthony Albanese secured the keys to the Lodge.

Ms Haydon is the women’s officer for the NSW Public Service Association, a job she took up in February.

The 43-year-old, who has been dating the new prime minister since late 2019, plans to largely stay out of politics, and has previously told News Corp that “my job will be to focus on my day job and allow Anthony to focus on his”.

Mr Albanese, 59, was previously married to former NSW deputy premier Carmel Tebbutt, with whom he has a 21-year-old son, Nathan.

Nathan Albanese, with Jodie Haydon and new PM Anthony Albanese, heading to vote on Saturday, with their cavoodle Toto. Picture: Wendell Teodoro / AFP

While a number of world leaders, including New Zealand prime minister Jacinda Ardern, are unmarried, it is still relatively rare in Australia, despite our largely secular community.

The last unmarried couple in the Lodge was Australia’s first female prime minister, Julia Gillard, and her then-partner Tim Mathieson, who was dubbed the First Bloke, in 2010.

Australia does not have an official “First Lady’’ designated in the same way the United States does, but the spouse of the prime minister does hold special status.

The daughter of NSW Central Coast schoolteachers, who dropped out of university to pursue a career in the superannuation industry, Ms Haydon is considered a warm, likeable and straight-talking professional woman, who has been supportive of Mr Albanese’s career but did not take a lead role in the campaign.

Jodie Haydon and Anthony Albanese after Mr Albanese rejoined the campaign trail, when he was recovered from Covid. Picture: Steven Siewert – Pool/Getty

The pair are expected to move into Kirribilli House, the prime ministerial residence on Sydney’s lower north shore, which is currently occupied by Scott Morrison, his wife Jenny, and their two daughters.

While Mr Albanese has lived for decades in Marrickville, in his inner-city electorate of Grayndler, security concerns are expected to see him move to Kirribilli, along with Nathan and their cavoodle, “First Dog’’ Toto.

Ms Haydon had declined to discuss her living arrangements prior to the election.

“I’m not getting ahead of myself when it comes to thinking about that,’’ she said.

“We are taking everything day by day. I haven’t really contemplated that at this point.’’

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