Australia stands with France: PM

“So the screening of refugees of the humanitarian intake has been very careful”.Australia Prime Malcolm Turnbull has labelled attacks in Paris an assault meant to suppress freedom worldwide.

Ms Bishop addressed Australian media on Saturday morning as word broke from the French capital that up to 140 may have been killed in six separate attacks involving gunfire and explosives.

On the G20 summit’s sidelines, the Presidents of the United States and Russian Federation have agreed on a United Nations role to end the bloodshed in Syria, which corresponds with Turnbull’s earlier indication that Australia may play a peacekeeping role in Syria.

“To the Australian people, I can say this: we are a strong nation”.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop, who’s also in Manila and has teleconferenced with Mr Turnbull and other members of the national security committee, said she believed Daesh would seek to repeat attacks similar to those in Paris.

Mr Hogan issued a message of sympathy for those killed and injured in the Paris attacks.

“I have every confidence that our security environment, while challenged of course in this context of global terrorism is nonetheless being well managed by the most professional security agencies in the world”.

Australia has offered all assistance to France, she said. “(They said) they are an abomination to religion and they reject them utterly”, he said.

“It was a sobering reminder of the threat that terrorism poses to us”, he said. “Maybe not the size or the sophistication of what we have seen in France but by individuals who now think this is the moment to do something”, he said.

“In France and Australia, all around the world, we stand shoulder to shoulder with the people of France and with all free peoples in the battle against terrorism”, he said. However she conceded the terrorist attacks in Paris would focus attention on whether more needed to be done in the fight against Islamic State in the Middle East. Any decision to enhance efforts would be made in conjunction with security and defence officials and the Iraqi government, Senator Payne said. The latest atrocity, on top of other recent atrocities, “does indicate that we need to do more to tackle this toxin at its source in Syria and Iraq”.

Abbott once again used the “team” language that got him into a few trouble when he was prime minister, but it was qualified.