Opposition Chief Peter Dutton has launched an announcement saying one among humanity’s brightest lights has gone out and that regardless of her royalty, the Queen possessed “extraordinary humility”.
Right here it’s in full:
“By no means in fashionable historical past has there been a extra dignified monarch, a extra dutiful chief, or a extra respectable human than her majesty Queen Elizabeth II,” Dutton stated.
“A unprecedented life which touched so many has sadly come to an finish.
“The final web page has been inked on an distinctive reign.
“She was our sovereign.
“As she was for different nations of the Commonwealth unfold internationally’s continents and oceans.
“A monarch who dominated with an empathetic coronary heart and knowledge each innate and gained from virtually a century of life and expertise.
“Her majesty was mild, type, and much-loved.
“Following her coronation on the 2nd of June 1953, our Queen stated: ‘I’ve in sincerity pledged myself to your service, as so lots of you’re pledged to mine. All through all my life and with all my coronary heart I shall try to be worthy of your belief’.
“Not solely did our Queen earn our belief, she additionally received our admiration.
“In serving the individuals, the individuals marvelled at her unflagging service.
“Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II lived by means of the pivotal occasions of the twentieth and twenty first centuries – wars and conflicts, despair and recession, the tip of empire and decolonisation, the race to the moon and the attainment of civil rights, the brilliance of Olympic Video games and the barbarity of terrorism.
“She led Britain by means of the darkest of days and thru the occasions of triumph.
“Although the world modified round her, she remained steadfast in her devotion to God, her nation, and to the Commonwealth.
“Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II visited Australia on 16 separate events between 1954 and 2011, along with her reign spanning sixteen separate Australian prime ministers.
“She visited each state and territory, helped to open our new Parliament Home and the Sydney Opera Home, and attended the Commonwealth Video games in Brisbane and Melbourne. Wherever she went, crowds choked the streets, cheering, clapping, and waving flags to precise their adoration.
“Regardless of her royalty, she possessed extraordinary humility, greeting all these she met with politeness, treating them as equals and providing an attentive ear.
“Amidst the COVID-19 pandemic, her majesty Queen Elizabeth II once more exemplified the optimism, poise and stoicism which she carried all through life and which impressed so many. She instructed the individuals of the UK, by way of broadcast, ‘We’ll succeed… higher days will return… We’ll meet once more’. Seventy-six years earlier as an eighteen-year-old Princess, she had insisted on becoming a member of the Military, donning a uniform and coaching as a truck driver and mechanic to assist the battle effort.
“Right this moment, a comforting heat has left the world. One in every of humanity’s brightest lights has gone out.
“Could our reminiscences of our pricey Queen encourage the easiest in us, simply as she drew inspiration from her topics.
“Because the chief of the opposition, and on behalf of the federal Coalition, I supply my heartfelt condolences to the royal household and to the individuals of the UK and the Commonwealth.
“Her majesty Queen Elizabeth II is lastly at peace along with her beloved husband, the Duke of Edinburgh, Prince Philip.
“Thanks, your majesty, for all the things,” he stated.
