Social media has been flooded with false claims and fake news regarding Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Jodie Haydon’s wedding last week.
Among the assertions are claims that the couple used a VIP RAAF jet to travel on their honeymoon and that former Qantas CEO Alan Joyce was best man.
A December 2 Facebook post states: “AUSTRALIAN TAX DOLLARS HARD AT WORK….The freeloaders got a free wedding and are now off on the RAAF private jet for their honeymoon.”
The post includes an image of Albanese and Haydon stepping off an RAAF aircraft.
However, the image is from 2022 and shows the couple arriving in Madrid for a NATO summit.
Another post claims they used “Australia’s Private Jet” for their honeymoon.
While Albanese used The Lodge, his taxpayer-funded official residence as the wedding venue, he publicly confirmed that he and Haydon paid for all of the expenses related to the event themselves.
Treasurer Jim Chalmers and other Labor figures, including Penny Wong, Mark Butler, Katy Gallagher, Tony Burke, Tim Ayres, Richard Marles, Penny Sharpe and Jo Haylen, were among about 60 guests at the ceremony.
On Monday, December 1, Albanese and his new wife arrived at Sydney domestic airport to leave for a five-day honeymoon.
They were seen boarding a commercial Qantas flight in a video published by the Daily Telegraph, not a VIP RAAF jet as claimed in the Facebook posts.
False claims are also being shared on X, including a photo of Albanese standing next to Joyce.
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