Anthony Albanese (Grayndler, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

The Leader of the Opposition will join me and all members, I'm sure, in congratulating the Matildas on such a magnificent win last night. I thank you, Mr Speaker, and the President of the Senate for lighting up Parliament House in green and gold to show the support of everyone in this chamber. It was a magnificent evening, and I'm sure that those people at Stadium Australia could hear people cheering from Canberra last night.

Peter Dutton (Dickson, Liberal Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I join with the Prime Minister in congratulating the Matildas. It was great honour to be there in Sydney last night to see their success. There was lot of attention and newspaper headlines about Sam Kerr, who had a magnificent run on, and it was great to see her out on the pitch. But there were many other players there who I suspect deserve much of the applause this morning in the newspapers. It's a great next step in their advancement towards the finals—tough game coming up. But the enthusiasm, inspiration and atmosphere at the stadium last night were quite remarkable.