He said the National caucus would "now consider the implications of the prime minister's decision", and that Key "left behind a united team with plenty of talent".
Later on Tuesday afternoon, leading conservative and the former health minister in the Abbott government who introduced the deeply controversial GP co-payment, Peter Dutton, dodged questions about the implications of the prime minister's signal on health.
Only in the nick of time, last November, did the EU countries' farm ministers wake up to the implications of regulations which the social-affairs ministers were about to approve limiting the time people could spend on "vibrating machinery"—which down on the farm means tractors.
"You can see the reactions of the prime minister [Netanyahu] and other ministers, dismissing the implications of this report because it came from the human rights council," said Yael Stein, research director of B'Tselem, an Israeli human rights organisation.
Officials said that Mr. Steinitz attended discussions on Thursday between the prime minister, Benjamin Netanyahu, and his top ministers about the implications of Palestinian reconciliation.
Conference of the Nordic-Council-of-Ministers.
Meanwhile, Irish prime minister Enda Kenny said his meeting with Northern Ireland's first and deputy first ministers on the implications of Brexit for the island were the best he had so far.
However, they also warned that these priorities could be lost as ministers cope with the implications of leaving the EU.
Several papers consider the implications of the murder of former Lebanese finance minister Mohamad Chatah in a car bomb attack in Beirut.
Prior to the march, Prime Minister Francois Hollande is expected to meet leaders of the Jewish community, while European interior ministers gather to discuss the implications of the attacks on the continent.
