Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has been confined mostly to Canberra and main east coast cities since he took over the leadership.
He has now begun to travel more widely.
He was in Adelaide for the first time as Prime Minister and also travelled to Tasmania to promote recent trade deals.
"The China-Australia Free Trade Agreement is going to be good for all of Australia but it is going to be especially good for Tasmania. As China rebalances its economy to one that is based more on consumption, Tasmania is so well-positioned to sell to China all the quality food and drink and services that wealthy Chinese consumers will demand."
Former Leader Tony Abbott captured headlines here and overseas after telling an audience in London that European leaders should close their border to stop the mass migration crisis as people flee Iraq and Syria.
"This wholesome instinct is leading much of Europe into catastrophic error. Any countries that say 'anyone who gets here, can stay here' are now in peril, given the scale of the population movements that are starting to be seen. There are tens - perhaps hundreds - of millions of people, living in poverty and danger who might readily seek to enter a Western country if the opportunity is there."
Mr Abbott's Liberal Party colleagues in Australia did not rush to endorse his views.
The migration crisis in Europe is complicated enough and few in Australia suggest that there is any clear and simple answer.
And Opposition leader Bill Shorten suggested Mr Abbott to keep his advocacy to a minimum.
"I am not sure European that leaders grappling with a scale and a dimension of a problem which we don't have in Australia are necessarily going to benefit by Tony Abbott's advice."
In asylum seeker issues in this part of the world, Australia's performance in disrupting boats out of Indonesia was criticised by an Amnesty International report.
It alleged a transnational crime had been committed by Australian officials who had paid Indonesian crew members $32,000 to return home mid-year.
The Amnesty report was authored by Anna Shea.
"That evidence is based on testimony that we received from everyone who was on board that boat it was corroborated by photographic and video evidence and also checked with the indonesian police in whose custody the crew are currently being held. All this paints a serious picture and there are serious concerns."
The government has not denied the payments were made but says the policy is based on saving lives at sea and stopping the people smuggling trade.
Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is supporting the policies that were introduced by Prime Minister Abbott.
"While I've made it clear that all of our agencies operate within the law and they operate within the law keeping our borders secure."
While Immigration Minister Peter Dutton attacked Amnesty International.
"Lots of these groups have been against John Howard, they've been against Tony Abbott they're now against Malcolm Turnbull. They don't like operation Sovereign Borders, they try and attack the Border Force staff, naval staff and I think it's a disgrace."
Labor was involved in its own disruption activities in Indonesia while in government.
Opposition leader Bill Shorten suggests those operations were not at sea.
"The report that on the oceans there's tens of thousands of dollars being handed to people smugglers is repugnant and certainly we wouldn't be doing that at sea and I'm not aware of any other matters."
Amnesty is calling for a Royal Commission into the case.
Greens leader Richard Di Natale says Australians need to know more about what has been going on.
"These are very very serious allegations by a credible global human rights organisation and Malcolm Turnbull needs to take these allegations very very seriously and take action."
Mr Turnbull floated the introduction of nuclear waste storage facilities as a possible new business for South Australia.
It followed the announcement of the country's new chief scientist.
Dr Alan Finkel is a businessman and academic who supports zero carbon emissions and nuclear power.
"My vision is for a country, society, a world where we don't use any coal, oil natural gas."
The GST, its future rate and structure is still under consideration.
Mr Turnbull told ABC radio in Tasmania any change would need the support of all State Premiers.
"As far as the GST is concerned, that's clearly in the mix. But I'm not advocating an increase in it. But it is clearly a possibility. Now, - possibility now that changes to the GST could be made. It does require unanimous support."
Treasurer Scott Morrison confirmed the Government is looking at policies to boost the superannuation savings of women.
"We know very well already is that people over the course of their working life can have their work patterns disrupted. For women in particular that has been known for a long time. When it comes time to getting back to the work force they are kind of behind the curve in building up their superannuation again."
