The presser moves on to the subject of China. The PM is asked about North Queensland’s links to trade with China and how the region benefits from Chinese tourists. Should the relationship be strengthened in light of Trump’s tariff nonsense?

Our trade relationship with China is an important one. Trade represents one in four of Australian jobs and China is, by a long distance, our major trading partner. We, of course, restored in excess of $20 billion of trade exports to China, where there were impediments. I think there is a lot of opportunity to grow tourism in particular from the Chinese market. The statistics show that Chinese visitors to Australia are big spenders. They tend to come for a longer period of time.