“The work that Andrew and Nicola and Minderoo have done with their counterparts, the very welcome and appreciated message from the Consul-General – and I thank you for the partnership that we have struck between our two countries on this health cause today, and the partnership that we have struck at the human level. And at the end of the day, today’s about recognising that as one world we are working towards health outcomes. And there couldn’t be a stronger, real world example of that partnership than what’s occurring today where we’ve been able to help in one direction, we’ve also had help coming in our direction and that’s a great way to work.”

“The reason why we are now undertaking life-saving surgery, back in our hospitals in Western Australia, is because of the support of people like Andrew Forrest, and the way that he was able to work with the Chinese Government to secure these supplies, is a great service to the West Australian community.”