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After PM Albanese and Governor-General Hurley led the laying of wreaths at the Queen's statue at Parliament House, numerous other federal MPs including Michaelia Cash, Linda Reynolds, Jane Hume and Gordon Reid followed suit.
After the politicians, dozens of members of Canberra's diplomatic establishment paid their respects, with foreign ambassadors and representatives from embassies also laying floral tributes.
Notable in the line of those laying flowers and wreaths was Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian, with tributes laid on behalf of the embassies of New Zealand, Thailand, Serbia, Singapore, Peru, Egypt and many more.
The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, also spoke with reporters after the wreath-laying ceremony at Parliament House.
Dutton said the ceremony and the array of diplomats present "really reinforce the impact of the Queen's passing, not just in Commonwealth countries but right across the world."
He said:
That was the impact of the Queen, the leadership that she provided for the temp of her reign, the inspiration that she provided for generations, the stoic nature, the way in which she stood by her people through good times and bad, and it is fitting that we have been able to lay wreaths today.
Dutton said the King's first address overnight had continued "in the same selfless spirit as his mother served, and lived her life."
I want to acknowledge a lot of outpouring of emotion right across the country - the amount of messages that we've had from people in my electorate and around the country who are grieving in different ways. They have been touched in ways because of their own lives and their own experiences, even though they may not have met the Queen, but they have taken something from her service and they've been able to associate with that and I think that was the great power, the great strength of her leadership. She was able to connect with people from all walks of life, and that's why there is such a deep sense of grief and mourning.
I want to acknowledge a lot of outpouring of emotion right across the country - the amount of messages that we've had from people in my electorate and around the country who are grieving in different ways.
They have been touched in ways because of their own lives and their own experiences, even though they may not have met the Queen, but they have taken something from her service and they've been able to associate with that and I think that was the great power, the great strength of her leadership.
She was able to connect with people from all walks of life, and that's why there is such a deep sense of grief and mourning.
Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese spoke last night with the new UK prime minister, Liz Truss, who met with the Queen in Scotland just two days before her death.
Speaking to reporters moments after a wreath-laying ceremony at Parliament House, Albanese said:
We talked about the depth of mourning that is occurring in the United Kingdom, but I also conveyed the feeling, the depth of sadness of the Australian people at the loss of Queen Elizabeth II. We will meet when I am in the United Kingdom.
Some time next week, the prime minister will fly to the UK ahead of the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey. He will also meet formally with King Charles III alongside the governor general, David Hurley.
The prime minister also commented on the King's speech overnight.
I think there have been many moving tributes to the contribution of Queen Elizabeth, but none more so than from King Charles III. King Charles, of course, was paying tribute not just to the sovereign but to his beloved mother, and it was extraordinarily fitting words. It struck me in particular his words where he said, "the affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign." That's why so many Australians have made moving tributes and are mourning this enormous loss, and I again reiterate, on behalf of the people of Australia, our sympathy for the royal family, for their personal loss as well as to the people of the United Kingdom and the people of the Commonwealth in particular, but also the whole world for what is an enormous loss. Queen Elizabeth reigned for 70 years, in an era of enormous change. She was a constant, reassuring presence with her compassion, her decency, her commitment to service which is an absolute inspiration and which King Charles has referred to in his remarks paying tribute to his late mother.
I think there have been many moving tributes to the contribution of Queen Elizabeth, but none more so than from King Charles III. King Charles, of course, was paying tribute not just to the sovereign but to his beloved mother, and it was extraordinarily fitting words.
It struck me in particular his words where he said, "the affection, admiration and respect she inspired became the hallmark of her reign."
That's why so many Australians have made moving tributes and are mourning this enormous loss, and I again reiterate, on behalf of the people of Australia, our sympathy for the royal family, for their personal loss as well as to the people of the United Kingdom and the people of the Commonwealth in particular, but also the whole world for what is an enormous loss.
Queen Elizabeth reigned for 70 years, in an era of enormous change. She was a constant, reassuring presence with her compassion, her decency, her commitment to service which is an absolute inspiration and which King Charles has referred to in his remarks paying tribute to his late mother.
Diplomats have now moved through the ceremony on Queen's Terrace laying wreaths and flowers, including UK high commissioner Vicki Treadell and the Chinese ambassador Xiao Qian.
Flags at Parliament House, as they are in most places, are at half-mast today. The ceremony has just concluded.
This morning's formal and silent wreath-laying ceremony at Parliament House will be the first of many formalities and occasions for reflection over the coming weeks after the death of the Queen. Another will take place tomorrow.
The last time Australia experienced the death of a monarch was 6 February 1952, when the then prime minister, Robert Menzies, told parliament at 9.50pm that King George VI had died.
As then governor general William McKell did in 1952, the current governor general, David Hurley, will tomorrow read a proclamation at Parliament House. He will declare the death of Queen Elizabeth II and the new reign of King Charles III.
Jackie Traynere and Barbara Parker are visiting Sydney from Chicago, Illinois, and praised Hail Marys for the Queen's death outside government house in Sydney.
They said their first memory of the Queen was the royal wedding when Princess Diana and Prince Charles got married. Parker said:
I worked with a woman who didn't want to be bothered. She rented a hotel room and went in there ordered room service and turned on the TV and just stayed there to watch the whole wedding. The last big wedding before that was Luke and Laura on General Hospital.
I worked with a woman who didn't want to be bothered. She rented a hotel room and went in there ordered room service and turned on the TV and just stayed there to watch the whole wedding.
The last big wedding before that was Luke and Laura on General Hospital.
Being in Sydney for the Queen's death Parker said:
I had a woman in the hotel lobby yesterday that came up to me, all of a sudden she starts hugging me. And she said, Did you hear our queen is dead? She goes, "aren't you a Brit? I'm like, No, I'm an American but it's still sad.
I had a woman in the hotel lobby yesterday that came up to me, all of a sudden she starts hugging me. And she said, Did you hear our queen is dead?
She goes, "aren't you a Brit? I'm like, No, I'm an American but it's still sad.
Jackie Traynere and Barbara Parker are visiting Sydney from Chicago Illinois and praised hail Maries for the Queen's death outside government house in Sydney. pic.twitter.com/TW59gaTUTi
Jenny Collins brought her 6-year-old daughter Scarlett and 11-year-old son Xavier to lay flowers and a handwritten card at government house Sydney.
I wanted the kids to have something they'll remember and they'll tell their kids they remember when the Queen passed and and when they went and saw all these flowers and all the people.
I think it's important because it's a moment in time for Australian history and the Queen was - especially for our girls - she was an amazing role model for them. And they'll, they'll know a king forevermore now, and we grew up with the queen.
Jenny Collins brought her 6 year old daughter Scarlett to lay flowers so she would have something to remember the Queen by.
"The Queen an amazing role model, especially for our girls. They'll know a king forevermore now, and we grew up with the queen." pic.twitter.com/NhE7LYPux1
A crowd of parliamentarians and dignitaries are gathering at the Queen's Terrace area of Canberra's Parliament House, where a wreath-laying ceremony will take place at a statue of Queen Elizabeth.
The Queen opened the building in 1988, and the outdoor terrace atop the building's main entrance is one of the most-visited areas by tourists. The statue notes that it was unveiled by the Queen on 9 May, 1988.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Governor-General David Hurley will lay wreaths at the statue, with other politicians and diplomatic officials then invited to do the same.
The ceremony is scheduled to start at 10am.
We can see a number of MPs including Patrick Gorman, Sophie Scamps, Gordon Reid, Michaelia Cash, Keith Pitt, Linda Reynolds, Jane Hume, Steve Georganas already assembled, holding floral tributes.
PM Albanese and Governor-General Hurley to lay a wreath at the statue of Queen Elizabeth at Parliament House in Canberra. A crowd of other parliamentarians and dignitaries assembling pic.twitter.com/ULZ428gVZX
Australian Governor-General Hurley and his wife, and PM Albanese with finance minister Katy Gallagher, lay wreaths at the Queen's statue in a ceremony at Parliament House pic.twitter.com/HAgsQQeepw
Walking up to the Queen's statue on the building's terrace in a procession, led by the Senate's usher of the black rod, governor general David Hurley and his wife paused for a moment to reflect. They walked forward to lay a wreath of bright yellow flowers, including wattle and sunflowers.
Anthony Albanese and Katy Gallagher were next, laying a similar wreath of yellow and green. ACT chief minister Andrew Barr followed.
Speaker of the Gouse Milton Dick was accompanied by Senate president Sue Lines to lay their wreath. Opposition leader Peter Dutton followed after.
All wreaths were laid in silence.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese and the governor general, David Hurley, are now walking towards the statue of the Queen, together with speaker of the house Milton Dick.
Green and gold wreaths of flowers have been placed at the foot of the statue of the Queen by Anthony Albanese and finance minister Katy Gallagher.
ACT chief minister Andrew Barr and the opposition leader Peter Dutton follow.
Guardian reporter Natasha May is at Government House in Sydney, where floral tributes to the Queen are being left at the gates.
Floral tributes outside government house in Sydney have grown overnight from international representatives and members of the Australian public. pic.twitter.com/TGHyefwSg6
Sports journalists are reporting the AFLW has decided not to hold a minute's silence before the remainder of the Indigenous round of games this weekend.
The Age and the Herald Sun are reporting that after initially deciding a minute's silence would be held, the AFLW sent a memo late last night to say this wouldn't now happen.
In The Age, Peter Ryan reports club representatives including Indigenous liaison officers had raised concerns with the league over a lack of consultation.
The Herald Sun reports there was a minute's silence for the first game of the round between Western Bulldogs and Fremantle last night.
AFL decides minutes silence not to proceed in the AFLW indigenous round as they considered sensitivities on issue. Many clubs raised issues after not being consulted properly by the AFL.
News of the death of Queen Elizabeth II came in the early hours of Friday - too late for Australia's printed newspapers.
So today is the first opportunity the printed versions of Australia's papers have had to report the death.
Here are a few of the front pages from today I've been able to find. Many offer "souvenir editions" of their papers.
Good morning. Here is today's commemorative front page of the Herald https://t.co/YwPCGS5vgN pic.twitter.com/KSfYIiF6Bw
The front page of our special commemorative edition of The Saturday Age for September 10, 2022. Read more news online here: pic.twitter.com/dWWeHU8imA
The front cover of tomorrow's 32-page souvenir tribute to the remarkable life of the Queen pic.twitter.com/2ihLoXbx2f
Good morning Queensland. Our souvenir edition captures the sombre events of the past 24 hours, as well as all the latest reaction from Queensland. ??
Read the paper exactly as it was printed here: https://t.co/ImGpDChQaL pic.twitter.com/4B3JyjI0JL
TODAY'S PAPER
Read the Herald Sun's Queen Elizabeth II souvenir edition online > https://t.co/fEdl0yuUog
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.#Melbourne #Victoria #FrontPage #newspaper #news #QueenElizabethII pic.twitter.com/PdTmbss76L
SOUVENIR EDITION - THE QUEEN 1926~2022
Making front page news:
- Vale Queen Elizabeth II
A special 24-page liftout will be printed as part of the Saturday Advertiser on September 10 as a commemorative keepsake.
Read the digital edition> https://t.co/yUGiWLRhS9 pic.twitter.com/0YarWxhfjw
Here's how The Guardian looked in the UK.
The Guardian front page, Friday 9 September 2022; Queen Elizabeth II 1926-2022 pic.twitter.com/5ROqSmVqE1
Closer to home, AAP reports that a Sydney man has allegedly been stabbed in a road rage incident in the city's west late last night.
Emergency services were called to reports of a driver being stabbed on Parramatta Road in Homebush about 8pm on Friday.
The 36-year-old was involved in a dispute with another motorist, who allegedly stabbed him before fleeing the scene in an unknown vehicle.
Paramedics treated the victim, who was driving a white Mazda 3, for stab wounds.
He was later hospitalised in a serious but stable condition before undergoing surgery.
Police have called for witnesses or anyone with dashcam or mobile phone footage to come forward.
Wreath laying to take place at 10am
The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will join the governor general, David Hurley, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, and other dignitaries for a wreath laying ceremony at Parliament House in just over an hour.
My colleague Josh Butler will be there for the ceremony.
Monuments and buildings light up to honour the Queen
You might have seen the stunning images last night of the Sydney Opera House with a picture of the late Queen Elizabeth projected on to one of its sails.
Other buildings around Australia also lit up to honour the late monarch, with Melbourne's Flinders Street station turning purple.
Around the globe, from Rio de Janeiro's Christ the Redeemer statue to the Empire State Building in New York, monuments were turned into tributes.
Related: Global monuments honour Queen Elizabeth II - in pictures
Australians have woken to their first full day under a new head of state, King Charles III, following the death of Queen Elizabeth II.
Thanks for being with us again for Guardian Australia's live news coverage for this Saturday. I'm Graham Readfearn.
We can expect more details to be confirmed today of the timing of events that the Queen's death has triggered. Much will depend on the setting of the date for the Queen's funeral.
There will be a wreath ceremony later today on the Queen's Terrace at Parliament House in Canberra where the Australian prime minister, Anthony Albanese, will join the governor general, David Hurley, the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, and others.
Yesterday evening Albanese spoke to the UK prime minister, Liz Truss, to offer his sincere condolences to the government and people of the United Kingdom.
The two leaders spoke about Queen Elizabeth II's "life, legacy and dedication to duty". Albanese also congratulated Truss on her election to the leadership.
Here's a brief summary of how things unfolded yesterday:
In the early hours of Friday, news broke in Australia of Queen Elizabeth II's death. Tributes flowed all day from the worlds of politics and government, sport and civil society.
Anthony Albanese, said the loss would be felt deeply in Australia. Queen Elizabeth was the only reigning monarch most Australians had known, he said.
Governor general David Hurley and Albanese will fly to London on Thursday for the Queen's funeral at Westminster Abbey, the date for which is still to be confirmed.
Federal parliament will be suspended for 15 days, flags will fly at half mast and state parliaments will not meet next week.
Last night a 96-round gun salute was held at Parliament House - one round for each year of the Queen's life.
The sails of the Sydney Opera House, which Queen Elizabeth II opened in 1973, were illuminated in her honour. So too were monuments in other cities.
Hurley addressed the nation on Friday night, saying the Queen had left a legacy few in history had been able to match. "Her Majesty's presence in our lives provided a source of comfort and reassurance," he said. "She was a constant in our lives, a symbol of stability, inspiration and servant leadership."
The Queen's death also sparked a public conversation about the future of the monarchy in Australia. Greens leader Adam Bandt wrote on Twitter "we need to become a Republic."
King Charles III gives first address
The new monarch, King Charles III (it is still odd typing that), gave his first address overnight from a drawing room in Buckingham Palace - the places from where his mother delivered Christmas speeches.
Here's our story on that. You can also watch the address in full.
Related: King Charles vows to serve 'with loyalty, respect and love' in address to nation