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Andrew Johns weds long-time partner in secret Bali ceremony
The eighth Immortal and Kate Kendall exchanged vows at a wedding attended by few, if any, guests.
- by Danny Weidler
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PM holds off on wedding until after the election
When Anthony Albanese popped the question, commentators speculated that a wedding date this year would give the prime minister goodwill ahead of the upcoming election.
- by Paul Sakkal
Tattoo of us against the world: Australia’s ‘well-oiled’ micro-wedding machine
Australian couples are trading traditional white weddings for matching tattoos, a handful of guests and rock and roll.
- by Cassandra Morgan
‘She’s my queen and I’m her pharaoh’: Welcome to a royal wedding like no other
The marriage between Norway’s fourth in line to the throne and a self-styled shaman has ruffled more than a few feathers.
- by Marianka Swain
Meet the 31-year-old bride. She’s probably getting married in November
The latest report from the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealed the most popular wedding date and the changing shape of Australian nuptials.
- by Lauren Ironmonger
Kyrgyzstan president arrests niece’s fiancé after elaborate wedding proposal
The video went viral in Kyrgyzstan and infuriated Sadyr Japarov, who has made a show of admonishing politicians for wasting money since he seized power in a coup.
- by James Kilner
The verdict on Rupert Murdoch’s wedding sneakers: ‘I do’ or ‘I don’t’?
The bride wore high heels and the groom wore sneakers. We asked experts whether billionaire businessman Rupert Murdoch was on fashion’s fast track or running off-course.
- by Damien Woolnough
‘Mr and Mrs Sharaz’: Brittany Higgins weds David Sharaz in Gold Coast ceremony
The former political staffer married her partner on the Gold Coast in a tightly guarded ceremony surrounded by family and friends.
- by Staff reporter
Court to decide who gets to keep the $100,000 ring when love goes pear-shaped
The rules of engagement will be tested over who will keep the ring when a wedding is called off after a builder took his former fiancee to court over her two-carat diamond.
- by Cameron Houston
Opinion
Real life
My wedding plan was perfection, then I turned my feet into two blocks of ice
My scheduling and Be Your Best strategy seemed to have paid off, before suddenly I realised it hadn’t.
- by Kate Halfpenny
These brides broke one of the last wedding dress taboos. And so did I
Being part of the ‘anti-bride’ movement can have its drawbacks, as I learnt.
- by Melissa Singer
Original URL: https://www.smh.com.au/topic/weddings-63x