In Pictures: PM Lee Hsien Loong's visit to Australia

PM Lee Hsien Loong makes a three-day official visit beginning Tuesday (Oct 11) to Australia at the invitation of Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull. He arrived to a packed schedule including addressing the Australian Parliament, meeting Singaporeans living in Canberra, and witnessing the signing of four key agreements under the Comprehensive Strategic Partnership with Australia.

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Oct 13, 2016, 10:12 AM

Singapore's Minister for Foreign Affairs Vivian Balakrishnan (left) and his Australian counterpart Julie Bishop (right) sign a memorandum of understanding at Parliament House, as Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong (second from left) and his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull look on in Canberra on Oct 13, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

PM Malcolm Turnbull hosted the Singapore delegation to an official lunch. The Australians welcomed them with a traditional Welcome to Country ceremony. PHOTO: MCI

PM Lee Hsien Loong met Graeme Blanch (right) and his siblings as a teenager, when the family hosted him on exchange programme in 1967. PHOTO: MCI

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is congratulated by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull after speaking to members and senators of the Australian government, Parliament House in Canberra on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Australia's former Prime Minister Tony Abbott (left) greets Singapore Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong as current Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) looks on at a joint sitting of Parliament in the House of Representatives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australian Capital Territory, Australia, on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is applauded by members and senators of the Australian government, Parliament House in Canberra on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong and his wife Ho Ching with Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) and his wife Lucy Turnbull (left) in the Great Hall of Parliament House in Canberra on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong at a press conference in Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Oct 13, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

(From left) Singapore's Minister for Trade Lim Hng Kiang, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong, Australia's Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Minister for Trade Steven Ciobo at the memorandum of understanding signing at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Oct 13, 2016. PHOTO: EPA

Singapore's Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong is introduced to members of the Australian Government by Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull (right) during a ceremonial welcome at Parliament House in Canberra on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong inspects a guard of honour during a ceremonial welcome at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: AFP

PM Lee Hsien Loong with Singaporeans in Canberra. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAO BAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong with Singaporeans in Canberra. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAO BAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong with Singaporeans in Canberra. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAO BAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong planted a Wollemi Pine - a long-living coniferous tree previously thought to be extinct - at the Singapore High Commission. It is the same species that then-PM Tony Abbott gifted to Mr Lee when he visited Singapore last year. .PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong visits Australia. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAO BAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong and Australian PM Malcolm Turnbull after addressing the Members and Senators of the Parliament of Australia at the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House, on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAO BAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong delivers address to Members and Senators of the Parliament of Australia at the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO LIANHE ZAO BAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong delivers address to Members and Senators of the Parliament of Australia at the House of Representatives Chamber, Parliament House on Oct 12, 2016. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

PM Lee Hsien Loong plants a Wollemi Pine - a long-living coniferous tree previously thought to be extinct - at the Singapore High Commission. It is the same species that then-PM Tony Abbott gifted to Mr Lee when he visited Singapore last year. PHOTO: LIANHE ZAOBAO

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