Ray Hadley has speculated that Anthony Albanese’s proposal to Jodie Haydon may be a tactic to divert attention from the “drama” within the Labor Party.
The prime minister, 60, shared the romantic news on Thursday morning, making him the first Australian leader to get engaged while in office.
“She said yes ❤️,” Albanese said.
But the 2GB presenter was skeptical about the timing of the grand gesture.
“Call me suspicious, but isn’t it funny how this very day has been determined when he’s under more pressure than Clive Palmer’s belt buckle?” he said.
“I could have done it last week, I could have done it three months ago, I could have done it three months from now.”
“But suddenly, with Andrew Giles all over the place, with Angus Taylor bouncing around about $40 million, what a nice way for Women’s Day to deviate from the drama.”
Anthony Albanese proposed to his partner Jodie Haydon and she said yes
His colleague Ben Fordham immediately shut down his theory, but Hadley then continued his rant.
“The cynical part of me says that timing is everything, and Valentine’s Day is a good time to propose, and it’s an even better time to be accepted for a proposal, but it’s also a time when people are still jumping across the stage. three tax cuts,” he said.
“And the $40 million the government is spending of our money to try to convince us it was the right thing to do.”
Hadley said the announcement would “eliminate for a couple of days” the problems facing Labor.
He then congratulates Mrs. Haydon on her proposal.
“I reserve my cynicism for the prime minister,” he said.
Hadley was referring to the consequences of Albanese reworking the stage three tax cuts, which will benefit everyone and not just high earners.
The Labor Party has committed $40 million to a marketing campaign to sell tax cuts to Australians.
Meanwhile, Immigration Minister Andrew Giles is facing calls to resign following the release of the detainees. in November after the High Court declared indefinite detention illegal.
Documents presented to the Senate on Monday revealed that among the 149 released detainees there are 37 sex offenders, 72 convicted of violent crimes, kidnapping or armed robbery, and seven convicted of murder or attempted murder.
The former detainees have committed 27 crimes since their release.
The government’s delayed attempts to put detainees back behind bars have led to calls for Giles to be fired.
Calls for the dismissal of Immigration Minister Andrew Giles (pictured) have increased following Senate revelations about crimes committed by dangerous detainees published by a High Court ruling.
Labor leader Anthony Albanese with his son Nathan (left) and Jodie Haydon
Meanwhile, Albanese has received many well wishes following the announcement, including from Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Claire O’Neil.
The once-divorced prime minister met Haydon, 43, in early 2020 at a conference in Melbourne where the then-opposition leader was speaking.
Albanese asked the crowd if there were any other South Sydney fans present and financial worker Ms Haydon, who lives in her electorate of Grayndler, shouted: “Up with the Rabbitohs.”
He later introduced himself and they decided to go for a drink when they got back to Sydney.
He courted his new girlfriend with a Night out at Young Henrys Brewery in Newtown.
‘We had what I thought would just be a drink at Young Henry’s in Newtown, and we got on really well. That’s how it started,” she told Women’s Weekly.
Father-of-one Albanese had recently separated from his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt after 19 years of marriage and 30 years together.
He said he was still “emotionally hurt” by the sudden breakup, which came as a shock.
Albanese attends the Australian premiere of Hamilton
Haydon, who has never been married or had children, said she was not looking for a relationship, but realized she had fallen in love with Albanese when he was in a car accident in January 2021.
His Toyota was hit by a Range Rover and he was rushed to hospital for x-rays, but he was not seriously injured.
Haydon recalled arriving at the crash scene in Marrickville after a phone call and seeing her boyfriend’s wrecked car.
“I saw the car wreck before I saw him and I thought ‘I couldn’t survive this.'” “He was very scary and in that moment you realize how much you love this person – the fear of losing them,” he said.
“When I jumped into the ambulance and saw Anthony, I knew the depth of my feelings for him.”
During his tenure, she has been by his side every step of the way, earning the nickname “Australia’s First Lady” as she accompanies him to international events and joins him on the world stage.
Albanese and his ex-wife Carmel Tebbutt, former deputy premier of New South Wales. The potential future prime minister said he “didn’t see it coming” when Tebbutt ended her marriage on New Year’s Day 2019.