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| Malcolm Turnbull: We have no stronger relationship than with the US – as it happened | |
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| Night-time politics | |
| That’s it from me. Thanks to my brains trust and to Mike Bowers for his images. Check them out. | |
| Good night. | |
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| at 9.10am GMT | |
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| Bill Shorten: US alliance is strong enough for honesty, I call it as I see it | |
| The opposition leader has taken to Facebook with a very strong statement. | |
| Every time the people of the United States choose a new president, it has consequences for the world – and for Australia. | |
| The American people have spoken and as always, Australia will respect their decision. | |
| Australians should also know our alliance with the United States has grown and thrived for seven decades – no matter who’s in charge. | |
| It is far bigger than any individual, far more powerful than any personality – and it will endure. | |
| The friendship between our nations is strong enough for honesty. | |
| I will always call it as I see it. | |
| If I see women being disrespected, I’m going to call it out. | |
| If I see people being discriminated against because of the colour of their skin or their religion, I’m going to call it out. | |
| As the alternative prime minister of this country, Australians are entitled to know where I stand. | |
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| at 9.11am GMT | |
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| Asked about the divisiveness of the US campaign, Malcolm Turnbull quotes an unnamed American politician. | |
| He said, “We campaign in poetry, but we govern in prose.” Whether you regard the debates in this last American campaign as poetry, the fact is that when an administration takes office, and a president takes office, he is confronted with the realities of the national interests of the United States, the strategic realities that confront the United States. | |
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| at 8.55am GMT | |
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| Asked for lessons from the election of Trump and the Brexit campaign, Turnbull says: | |
| We need ensure that everybody in the community, all sectors of the community are included. That the strong growth that we have, for example, in Australia includes all Australians, that sectors and are not left behind and that when we defend our free trade and open markets, we make it very clear why it is in Australia’s interests in our country to do so. | |
| 8.46am GMT | |
| 08:46 | |
| Malcolm Turnbull is up again, this time on the 7.30 Report. | |
| He starts with the same points recorded earlier. | |
| Then: | |
| Q: As prime minister could you comfortably deploy Australian troops, risk Australian lives, on the judgment of Donald Trump? | |
| Can I say to you that when Australian troops are deployed, when Australian servicemen and women’s lives are put on the line, with their professionalism, their heroism, those decisions are taken in the judgment of their government. The Australian government. Not any other government. | |
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| at 8.55am GMT | |
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| Thoughts. | |
| It was clear that about halfway through question time that it was dawning on the Coalition that a Trump presidency was a real prospect. Malcolm Turnbull, foreign minister Julie Bishop, the front bench didn’t have to say it. It was written all over their faces. And their phones. | |
| Barnaby Joyce, being Barnaby, said it anyway. Trump is ahead. Careful what you say. | |
| As the afternoon and results wore on, the mood in the Turnbull end of the Coalition was dark. The mood in the Abbott end of the Coalition was ebullient. Cory Bernardi, George Christensen, Eric Abetz and Tony Abbott himself sent out messages, statements or tweets. Like so many other issues these days, the US election has divided the Coalition. | |
| Turnbull came out immediately after president-elect. The historic nature of the US election result was written all over his face. He was clearly trying to get the tone right. Turnbull did all the right things. He congratulated Trump - he had to. He offered Hillary the government’s best wishes. He thanked president Obama for his leadership. He reassured the Australian public on the US alliance. He essentially said the alliance would outlive any individuals, governments, administrations. But he was clearly rocked. | |
| And if he was horrified by the thought of a Trump presidency, he could not say it - no matter how many Australians were wishing it. Greeting isolationism with isolationism, greeting pigheadedness with pigheadedness is not in the interests of Australia. | |
| 8.24am GMT | 8.24am GMT |
| 08:24 | 08:24 |
| Turnbull: politicians will come and go but the US bond will be all G | Turnbull: politicians will come and go but the US bond will be all G |
| The prime minister also thanked President Obama for his leadership. | 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. | 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. | 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. | 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 | at 8.33am GMT |
| 8.16am GMT | 8.16am GMT |
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| Turnbull: We have no stronger relationship than with the US | Turnbull: We have no stronger relationship than with the US |
| The prime minister reassured Australians that the American-Australian relationship is our strongest one. | 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 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. | 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. | 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. | So I have great confidence that all our engagement will continue to be strong and intimate. |
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| at 8.18am GMT | at 8.18am GMT |
| 8.10am GMT | 8.10am GMT |
| 08:10 | 08:10 |
| Malcolm Turnbull: I understand Australians have been confronted by the US election | Malcolm Turnbull: I understand Australians have been confronted by the US election |
| Malcolm Turnbull: | 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. | 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 | 8.06am GMT |
| 08:06 | 08:06 |
| Malcolm Turnbull is making a short statement about the Trump victory shortly. He will take no questions. | Malcolm Turnbull is making a short statement about the Trump victory shortly. He will take no questions. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.29am GMT | 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. | 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. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.29am GMT | 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. | 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. | 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. |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.29am GMT | 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.” | 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.” | There are many lessons to be learned from both Brexit and the US election on which the media and commentariat might like to reflect.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.28am GMT | 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. | 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.” | 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.” |
| Updated | Updated |
| at 8.28am GMT | at 8.28am GMT |
| 6.47am GMT | 6.47am GMT |
| 06:47 | 06:47 |