Australia news live: Penny Wong arrives in China for talks; Bob Carr says Rudd ‘can help avert war’ in Taiwan

Foreign affairs minister says ‘we have a lot of issues to work through’ as she arrives in Beijing for diplomatic talks. Follow the day’s news live

Leavers said the public support for police has been “overwhelming.”

They’re sharing their emotions and their grief because they believe this should never have happened.

It’s really important for us to have that public support. It inspires us to continue to do our job.

They’ve also lost two colleagues… so they are hurting incredibly.

A lot of work to be done to assist them as we move into the future because the pain will never go away.

They see the sense and they see what we are trying to achieve here in obtaining this location so it can be used for good.