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

You went downstairs to the TV room, for the sake of all Australians! That's good to know. I don't want to give any more detail, but I will say that what it did save me from was listening to the chants of the Barmy Army. The Barmy Army have an incredible dynamic and are a great credit to the followers. It was good to see Merv Hughes and Geoff Marsh and others in the stand with their supporters as well. It was an exciting day. For the Treasurer, for the Speaker, for myself, for the Leader of the Nationals—it's a very exciting night to come as well.

We commend the Australians, Pat Cummins and Nathan Lyon in particular, and Usman Khawaja who set the first innings alight. He did a great job. He deserved the ton that he got. He was lucky at one stage, but he's an incredible player. They are very, very proud and are, I'm sure, celebrating very hard. We're all very proud of them.

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