WHAT THEY SAID AFTER FRIDAY'S FATAL SHOOTING OF A NSW POLICE WORKER
"It's the families that will be our frontline of defence against radicalised young people ... No one level of government or no one section of community can do it all alone." - Foreign Minister Julie Bishop
"The mood right now has shifted. It's not about blame. It's about solution." - Dr Jamal Rifi, Sydney-based GP and prominent Muslim community leader, after a phone hook-up with the PM, NSW premier and police
"We are deeply saddened and heartbroken that he has been taken from us, but we are truly grateful for the fruitful and happy life he has shared with us" - family of shooting victim Curtis Cheng, 17-year veteran of NSW police force's finance department
"The Muslim community are our absolutely necessary partners in combating this type of violent extremism." - Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull, the morning after the "cold-blooded murder"
"This is not a time to point fingers, for anger to reign ... what we have to do is come together and solve it." - NSW Premier Mike Baird
"We believe that his actions were politically motivated and therefore linked to terrorism." - NSW Police Commissioner Andrew Scipione of the 15-year-old
"At times like this, it's critical that we guard against dangerous division - we are stronger and safer when we stand together." - Opposition Leader Bill Shorten
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