‘They did not come to destroy’: Sussan Ley praises First Fleet and likens it to Elon Musk’s Mars mission

It's the latest example of the Coalition appearing to echo or praise US president Donald Trump's new administration

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Deputy opposition leader Sussan Ley has compared the arrival of the First Fleet to Elon Musk's SpaceX seeking to reach Mars, in an Australia Day address.

Her comments come a day after opposition leader Peter Dutton announced a newly created role of shadow minister for government efficiency - replicating Musk's idea of a Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE).