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The silence was eerie at the Parliament House wreath-laying ceremony – and broken only when the PM whispered a quiet word to a diplomatic official who walked the wrong way Get our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastA bronze statue of Queen Elizabeth II stands on the first-floor terrace of Australia’s Parliament House, overlooking the building’s great verandah.It’s not visible from the building’s grand entryway or the Indigenous mosaic laid into the forecourt. Most visitors to Parliament House would probably miss it, and indeed several longtime workers in the building admitted they had not previously noticed the effigy, as a small crowd gathered for a wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday morning to mark the death of Australia’s head of state.Sign up to receive an email with the top stories from Guardian Australia every morning Continue reading...