I will look forward to working with the new prime minister of PNG in the same way I have enjoyed such a strong friendship and relationship with Peter O'Neill.

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I can confirm that the individual who was taken into custody I have been advised is an Australian-born citizen, as family members with our New Zealand cousins today, we grieve, we are shocked, we are appalled, we are outraged, and we stand here and condemn absolutely the attack that occurred today by an extremist, right-wing, violent terrorist.

I had a little badge I was going to give you today, but I'm going to give you mine, i think this is a tremendous day that we welcome you, absolutely, into the Australian family.

I was appalled and shocked, i think any Australian would be to read of those events, but it shows that no one is above the law in this country.

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The laws that have been passed deny us the opportunity to prevent people coming to Australia who otherwise would never be able to.

We have two members of the Cabinet who have decided not to re-contest the next election. That's true, what has also changed today is we have elevated Senator Reynolds into the Cabinet, which means there will now be seven women in Cabinet.

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In Christopher Pyne's portfolio, we are dealing with some quite sensitive issues.

This will be one of the largest pumped hydro projects in the world, which not only reduces electricity prices and takes the pressure off electricity prices, but it creates the reliability of electricity supply.

The impact we're here to talk about today is a huge investment in Australia's future. Not just our energy future, not just our climate future, but our economic future.

Under my government, Australia will be stronger. Under Bill Shorten's Labor government, Australia will be weaker.

This will be heartbreaking to these communities that have been experiencing years of drought only to see that turn into a torrential inundation.

It was frankly quite overwhelming, people are in shock, the real work is to make sure they can get through the clean up and resume their lives.

Every asylum-seeker child has now been removed from Nauru or has had their claim processed and has a clear path off the island.

I want to see indigenous families in jobs. I want to see indigenous kids safe and I want to see them in school because that's what gives them a bright future.

One thing we have greatly in common is our passion for sport, our shared passion has a practical element to the relationship between our countries.

This is an ambitious target but ... as indeed I have said on many occasions, we will meet our 2030 targets at a canter.

These great ideas are the foundation of our modern Australia, and they have transformed us into this most recent chapter of our great story - the one we write together.

I believe it will be a voyage of bringing Australians together, i'm keen for it to be done very much in that spirit.

Australia's position on this matter has not changed, we've always expressed the deepest of reservations.

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I cannot imagine his loss.