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| Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong hails warm ties in address to parliament – politics live | Singapore PM Lee Hsien Loong hails warm ties in address to parliament – politics live |
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| Old chums. | |
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| Come on down. | |
| Malcolm the Magnanimous calls Tony Abbott down to see the Singaporean PM, who praised the former PM’s significant barbeque skills. | |
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| Sound the bells! The Australian Bureau of Statistics declares: | |
| Australia records more than 96% preliminary response rate for the 2016 census | |
| The Australian Bureau of Statistics would like to thank Australia for participating in the 2016 census of population and housing. The preliminary response rate is now confirmed at more than 96%. This ensures we are on track to deliver the quality census data Australia needs. | |
| With the last of the 38,000 census field staff wrapping up after more than six weeks out in the field, the ABS will now focus on processing the 4.9m online and 3.5m paper household forms. | |
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| The house now does not sit until 1.30pm. The Senate comes back at 12pm. | The house now does not sit until 1.30pm. The Senate comes back at 12pm. |
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| Shorten also mentioned the 130,000 Singaporeans who had gained degrees in Australian universities (*cheers Dad*). And Shorten fondly remembers losing out to the Singaporean University team at intervarsity debating in the late 1980s. | Shorten also mentioned the 130,000 Singaporeans who had gained degrees in Australian universities (*cheers Dad*). And Shorten fondly remembers losing out to the Singaporean University team at intervarsity debating in the late 1980s. |
| There are more than 20,000 Australian expatriates living and working in Singapore, including friends of mine who voted at the royal golf course in the last three weeks of June, a booth we targeted most heavily. These Australians return to their friends and family praising a place where they know they’re welcome. Singapore is a culture that is different enough to feel novel, familiar enough to feel at home. | There are more than 20,000 Australian expatriates living and working in Singapore, including friends of mine who voted at the royal golf course in the last three weeks of June, a booth we targeted most heavily. These Australians return to their friends and family praising a place where they know they’re welcome. Singapore is a culture that is different enough to feel novel, familiar enough to feel at home. |
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| I promised more of Bill Shorten. He said Labor welcomed the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. | I promised more of Bill Shorten. He said Labor welcomed the comprehensive strategic partnership agreement. |
| Labor welcomes the comprehensive strategic partnership that will see our 14,000 Singaporean troops train in Shoalwater Bay in Queensland per year. This is good news for the region and good news for our region. And both our nations are engaged in countering a new threat of extremism, the fight against Daesh, its agents and imitators. We also share a tradition of learning from each other, from your father’s famous warning, a rebuke that shook Australia out of its lethargy and certainly my own party has pursued of an outward-looking economy to engage with key markets of Asia. | Labor welcomes the comprehensive strategic partnership that will see our 14,000 Singaporean troops train in Shoalwater Bay in Queensland per year. This is good news for the region and good news for our region. And both our nations are engaged in countering a new threat of extremism, the fight against Daesh, its agents and imitators. We also share a tradition of learning from each other, from your father’s famous warning, a rebuke that shook Australia out of its lethargy and certainly my own party has pursued of an outward-looking economy to engage with key markets of Asia. |
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| Lee goes through the benefits of the comprehensive strategic partnership concluded by the two leaders. | Lee goes through the benefits of the comprehensive strategic partnership concluded by the two leaders. |
| In defence, the Singapore armed forces will have more training, space and opportunities in Australia. | In defence, the Singapore armed forces will have more training, space and opportunities in Australia. |
| In the upgraded free trade agreement, professionals from both countries will be able to work in each country. | In the upgraded free trade agreement, professionals from both countries will be able to work in each country. |
| In innovation and science, the two countries have identified some key challenges to tackle, including basic urban problems such as water supply and energy conservation and “we have much scope to cooperate more in R&D”. | In innovation and science, the two countries have identified some key challenges to tackle, including basic urban problems such as water supply and energy conservation and “we have much scope to cooperate more in R&D”. |
| A new Australia-Singapore arts group will provide for exchanges between museums, art festivals, visual and performing arts. | A new Australia-Singapore arts group will provide for exchanges between museums, art festivals, visual and performing arts. |
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| Lee talks about the education exchanges and congratulates the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, on the new Colombo plan that provides for student exchanges. | Lee talks about the education exchanges and congratulates the foreign minister, Julie Bishop, on the new Colombo plan that provides for student exchanges. |
| By the end of this year, Singapore universities will have welcomed some 800 Australian new Colombo plan students. They will continue the spirit of exchange and renew the connections and good will between our peoples into the next generation. Our people also visit each other frequently. Last year some 400,000 Singaporeans visitedAustralia and 1 million Australians visited Singapore. Some come for education or business, more come for holidays or to visit family and friends. We feel quite at home in each other’s countries. Singaporeans may not quaff quite as much beer as Australians but I have it on good authority that Victoria Bitter goes well with chilli crabs. | By the end of this year, Singapore universities will have welcomed some 800 Australian new Colombo plan students. They will continue the spirit of exchange and renew the connections and good will between our peoples into the next generation. Our people also visit each other frequently. Last year some 400,000 Singaporeans visitedAustralia and 1 million Australians visited Singapore. Some come for education or business, more come for holidays or to visit family and friends. We feel quite at home in each other’s countries. Singaporeans may not quaff quite as much beer as Australians but I have it on good authority that Victoria Bitter goes well with chilli crabs. |
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| Lee says more than 20,000 Australians live and work in Singapore, in all sorts of professions. | Lee says more than 20,000 Australians live and work in Singapore, in all sorts of professions. |
| He notes the Singapore-Australia free trade agreement signed in 2003 was Australia’s first FTA outside of New Zealand. | He notes the Singapore-Australia free trade agreement signed in 2003 was Australia’s first FTA outside of New Zealand. |
| It has helped make little Singapore your fifth-largest trading partner and investor. We have also worked together on regional economic integration, first with Apec and now with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP, and the regional comprehensive economic partnership, the RCEP. | It has helped make little Singapore your fifth-largest trading partner and investor. We have also worked together on regional economic integration, first with Apec and now with the Trans-Pacific Partnership, the TPP, and the regional comprehensive economic partnership, the RCEP. |
| Our two countries cooperate closely on security issues and humanitarian missions. Our security agencies work closely and quietly together to fight terrorism, sharing intelligence and information, carrying out counter-terrorism operations, exchanging notes on religious rehabilitation and deradicalisation programs. It’s important always and is especially worth mentioning today on the anniversary of the Bali bombings. | Our two countries cooperate closely on security issues and humanitarian missions. Our security agencies work closely and quietly together to fight terrorism, sharing intelligence and information, carrying out counter-terrorism operations, exchanging notes on religious rehabilitation and deradicalisation programs. It’s important always and is especially worth mentioning today on the anniversary of the Bali bombings. |
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