* "Of course if Hillary Clinton is elected president she will be the first woman to hold this significant global position and that would be a cause for celebration for women around the world." - Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.
* "Someone who can't respect women - I can't respect them." - Opposition Leader Bill Shorten on Trump, a man he's previously described as barking mad.
* "I think America is in the throes of a political nervous breakdown and if Hillary gets elected, as we all hope, I think she's in for civil war in congress. America remains weak and it's almost beyond power of a president to rectify." - Former Labor foreign minister Bob Carr.
* "I hope #TRUMP wins and not #Clinton because his policies are based on common sense & the values of freedom." - One Nation Senator Pauline Hanson, on Twitter a few days ago.
* "Are we going to see a Trump movement here in Australia? For sure I think we will and I hope just like the US it is contained within the Liberal National coalition rather than one that springs up from outside it." - Nationals MP George Christensen.
* "I'm about to give my mate Bruno a call, he's a bobcat operator in Adelaide." - Independent senator Nick Xenophon jokes about having to build a bunker if Trump wins.
* "As a feminist, I think it would be a huge breakthrough." - Greens Senator Lee Rhiannon hopes for a history-making win for Clinton who would the first woman in the White House.
"I personally would have rather'd Bernie Sanders. But I feel like I'd rather have her than Trump ... I feel like it's important to support someone." - Californian Olivia Robinson, at a Sydney election event, sums up the apathy many US voters have expressed about Clinton and Trump.
"For so long, we've been so worried about what's going to happen and what a Trump presidency would actually do for our country. I just need to have hope that love will conquer, that healthcare will conquer, that equal rights will conquer." - US expat Janna DeVylder watches the vote count at the University of Sydney.
* "The whole Clinton baggage is something the United States really doesn't need. With so many scandals, I just think it needs another alternative. I think he can bring back a lot of jobs and trade. He can close that border." - Trump supporter Jeremy Costello at an election count event in Sydney.
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