Australia remembers 'friend' Prince Philip

AUSTRALIA REMEMBERS PRINCE PHILIP, DUKE OF EDINBURGH

* A 41-gun salute will take place at federal Parliament House at 5pm Saturday, including 21 rounds for a royal salute plus 20 rounds (added when the salute takes place in a "royal park"), all at 10-second intervals

* Australian flags around the globe are flying at half mast

* Federal parliament will pass a condolence motion when it next sits in May

* Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Governor-General David Hurley sign a condolence book at Sydney's Admiralty House

* Former prime minister John Howard has remembered a man who "gave short shrift to political correctness when he encountered it"

* Former prime minister and republican Malcolm Turnbull: "He found a lot of these official engagements boring. And a lot of the so-called gaffes and outrageous statements was a way of making it interesting for him ... 'I'm bored witless, I might as well say something that will at least give me a laugh'."

* Victorian Governor Linda Dessau laid a wreath in Melbourne

* Brisbane landmarks will be lit in red, white and blue on Saturday evening

* Former governor-general Peter Cosgrove says the prince was "an obvious friend and admirer of Australia"

* The Australian Conservation Foundation, which the duke headed between 1971 and 1976, thanked Prince Philip for his efforts to raise awareness about environmental issues in Australia and around the world

* Federal Opposition Leader Anthony Albanese said Prince Philip had lived "a long and truly remarkable life"

* The Australian Republic Movement offered its condolences to the royal family

* Anglican Diocese of Sydney Bishop Peter Hayward acknowledged "a marriage of over 70 years' standing and a life of service to the Commonwealth through war and peace".