Australia has lost a ‘wise and encouraging guide’, PM Anthony Albanese says in tribute to the Queen

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The prime minister, Anthony Albanese, has paid tribute to Queen Elizabeth II as a wise and enduring presence" in Australia's national life.

Declaring the death of the monarch a morning of sadness" for the country, Albanese addressed the nation on Friday expressing the country's condolences to the people of the United Kingdom and to the royal family.

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