Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has defended his plan to attend the wedding of shock jock Kyle Sandilands, whose bridal party includes a convicted drug smuggler and a man described by his book publisher as "Australia’s most notorious underworld figure".
Mr Sandilands has sparked repeated controversies over the years with his Sydney radio show, including claiming in 2022 that monkeypox was a "big gay disease", claiming in 2019 that the mother of Jesus was a "liar who got knocked up behind a camel shed", and airing an interview a decade ago with a distressed child who said she had been raped at the age of 12.
The Sydney Morning Herald has reported the best man at the wedding this Saturday will be convicted drug smuggler Simon Main, who was jailed in Italy in 2000 for his role in a drug operation, and that former Kings Cross nightclub owner John Ibrahim will also be in the bridal party.
