prime minister turnbull. how surprising or shocking was it for you to find out that it started out on such a contentious note? it s incredibly surprising because australia is, as you just said, very close with america. it s one of the closest countries, especially in that region. if you look at asia, australia is one of the biggest partners in asia. if you believe steve bannon saying last week that he believes there is there be a war in the south china sea in the next five years, one of the first countries america would turn to would be australia because it has a large navy n the center of asia and a very, very close ally. also to destabilize, to some degree, malcolm turnbull s government. it s called the liberal party but it s actually a conservative more to the right government. that undermines a potential ally. and if he loses elections next year because of this or if his government is undermined because of this, he s very narrow