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Australia mourns for France: Turnbull

Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has issued a statement offering condolences to France following the Bastille Day attack.

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Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has offered his condolences to the French people following the deadly Bastille Day attack.

Australians mourned for the victims of yet another murderous act of terror, he said in a statement.

"Our nations are united in freedom's cause today, just as we were a hundred years ago."

Mr Turnbull said he'd spoken with Governor-General Peter Cosgrove and New Zealand Prime Minister John Key, both of whom are in Paris.

"Sir Peter and Prime Minister Key spoke to me of their enormous pride in seeing, a hundred years on, the ANZACS of today leading the Bastille Day Parade in Paris - a recognition of the sacrifice and heroism of a century ago and also of our resolute solidarity with the people of France in the struggle against Islamist terrorism today."


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