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| Malcolm Turnbull: We have no stronger relationship than with the US – politics live | |
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| 8.24am GMT | |
| 08:24 | |
| Turnbull: politicians will come and go but the US bond will be all G | |
| The prime minister also thanked President Obama for his leadership. | |
| This is a historic moment, it’s been a long campaign, it’s one that Australians have witnessed with awe, with consternation, indeed, from time to time, but let me reassure all Australians that the ties that bind Australia and the United States are profound, they’re strong, they’re based on our enduring national interests. | |
| Politicians and governments, congressmen, senators, prime ministers and cabinets, will come and go, according to the will of the people of Australia and the United States but the bond between our two nations, our shared common interests, our shared national interests, are so strong, are so committed that we’ll continue to work with our friends in the United States through the Trump administration, just as we have through the Obama administration, just as we always will. | |
| We have so much in common. Shared values, democracy, the rule of law, maintaining the international order upon which our security and prosperity depends. So the American people have made a great and momentous choice today. We congratulate President-elect Trump and we look forward to working closely as ever with his administration as it is formed and when it takes office earlier next year. | |
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| at 8.33am GMT | |
| 8.16am GMT | |
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| Turnbull: We have no stronger relationship than with the US | |
| The prime minister reassured Australians that the American-Australian relationship is our strongest one. | |
| We have no stronger relationship whether it’s on the battlefield or in commerce, than we have with the United States. They’re a great and powerful nation, they’re a great and powerful friend. And our relationship with the United States is built on millions of Australians and Americans who have been working together, fighting together, serving together, for over a century. | |
| We have stood together in so many conflicts. Stood together side by side. Americans understand that they have no stronger ally, no better friend, than Australia. And the enduring national interests of our two countries as such that our relationship will continue to be strong, will continue to work together as we have done, with many presidents in years past to chat, to take on the challenges of our time. | |
| Whether it is the challenges of global terrorism, whether it’s the challenges of ensuring that we maintain the stable of our economic record, whether it’s the challenge of ensuring we maintain the stable in our region, which is underpinned by the strength of the United States, which has been the foundation of the rules-based order in our part of the world that has seen the most extraordinary transformation in living standards in human history. | |
| So I have great confidence that all our engagement will continue to be strong and intimate. | |
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| at 8.18am GMT | |
| 8.10am GMT | |
| 08:10 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull: I understand Australians have been confronted by the US election | |
| Malcolm Turnbull: | |
| Let me say that I understand that Australians have been confronted by the intensity of the political battle in the United States. President-elect Trump himself described it as being at times a nasty campaign, and it was certainly by our standards, avery bitter one. You have seen already the way he reached out to bring Americans together. And the American people do fight their political contests hard. But this great nation of the United States has the capacity to come together and it will, behind the leaders, behind the president, that they have chosen. | |
| 8.06am GMT | |
| 08:06 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is making a short statement about the Trump victory shortly. He will take no questions. | |
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| at 8.29am GMT | |
| 8.03am GMT | 8.03am GMT |
| 08:03 | 08:03 |
| Pollsters underestimating quiet and shy Trump voters. https://t.co/eFbqUOkVle | Pollsters underestimating quiet and shy Trump voters. https://t.co/eFbqUOkVle |
| 7.53am GMT | 7.53am GMT |
| 07:53 | 07:53 |
| US should continue to have no better friend than Australia. | US should continue to have no better friend than Australia. |
| 7.52am GMT | 7.52am GMT |
| 07:52 | 07:52 |
| Congrats to the new president who appreciates that middle America is sick of being taken for granted. | Congrats to the new president who appreciates that middle America is sick of being taken for granted. |
| 7.48am GMT | 7.48am GMT |
| 07:48 | 07:48 |
| Hillary Clinton has conceded defeat to Donald Trump. | Hillary Clinton has conceded defeat to Donald Trump. |
| Mike Pence, vice-president elect, is speaking now. | |
| Given we are the Oz blog, we expect Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten to comment shortly. | Given we are the Oz blog, we expect Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten to comment shortly. |
| The Donald appears. | The Donald appears. |
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| at 8.29am GMT | |
| 7.29am GMT | 7.29am GMT |
| 07:29 | 07:29 |
| Greens leader Richard Di Natale says we need to consider the US alliance under Trump | Greens leader Richard Di Natale says we need to consider the US alliance under Trump |
| What we’ve seen tonight in the United States presidential election is shocking and disappointing. An American president has been elected on a platform of racism, xenophobia and nationalism. I expected more from our American cousins. They have let us down. | |
| The following weeks and months will reveal what leaders across the world will be wondering tonight: if the American moment is truly over and, if so, what will replace it. | The following weeks and months will reveal what leaders across the world will be wondering tonight: if the American moment is truly over and, if so, what will replace it. |
| But the true strength of democracy comes from all of us respecting the will of the people, regardless of the decisions that they make. The darkest moments provide us the opportunity to test the strength of our beliefs, and our commitment to them. We cannot retreat from democracy out of fear and anger. We can, however, turn a sober eye to our alliance and consider whether it continues to serve our interests. | |
| We are bound to respect the outcome of a democratic election, but we are not bound to any country which does not reflect our values and Liberal-Democratic traditions. | We are bound to respect the outcome of a democratic election, but we are not bound to any country which does not reflect our values and Liberal-Democratic traditions. |
| Global markets have been severely rattled by tonight’s results. People across Australia and the world have been rattled by these results. But now more than ever, in light of everything we’ve seen in the United States, we must work to defend the values that underpin our great Australian democracy. I am confident that we will do just that. | Global markets have been severely rattled by tonight’s results. People across Australia and the world have been rattled by these results. But now more than ever, in light of everything we’ve seen in the United States, we must work to defend the values that underpin our great Australian democracy. I am confident that we will do just that. |
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| at 8.29am GMT | |
| 7.16am GMT | 7.16am GMT |
| 07:16 | 07:16 |
| Everyone is out for a frolic. Eric Abetz has helpfully sent out his thoughts. | Everyone is out for a frolic. Eric Abetz has helpfully sent out his thoughts. |
| As was on display with Brexit, the US election result shows that commentators and leftwing activists were out of touch with everyday people. While the media and commentators fell over themselves to write Donald Trump off, President-elect Trump remained focused on his task.” | |
| President-elect Trump tapped into a widespread disaffection with the self-appointed politically correct elites.” | President-elect Trump tapped into a widespread disaffection with the self-appointed politically correct elites.” |
| There are many lessons to be learned from both Brexit and the US election on which the media and commentariat might like to reflect.” | |
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| at 8.28am GMT | |
| 7.03am GMT | 7.03am GMT |
| 07:03 | 07:03 |
| The ABC election analyst Antony Green has called the US election for Donald Trump. | |
| There are the current numbers, 259 for the Republicans, if you give Pennsylvania the Republicans, 279 and they can quote that. We think the Republicans will win Wisconsin as well. So they’ve got two paths. But Associated Press have given Pennsylvania away and they’ve got 97% of the votes counted of the precincts counted in Pennsylvania and the Republicans are more than 1% ahead. It looks like that’s the state that’s put Donald Trump over the quota and into the White House.” | |
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| at 8.28am GMT | |
| 6.47am GMT | 6.47am GMT |
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