Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has amused Twitter users after she began using "emojis" in a series of tweets on Sunday evening.
Emoji, or emoticon, stands for an emotional icon. The small pictures are widely used across social media and smartphone messaging services.
Ms Bishop responded to a number of her followers' tweets with smiley faces and even told a story in the popular icons after one user requested her to do so.
She depicted a holiday in emoji pictures which included planes, the globe, the sun, a yacht, a hat, a hot drink and a cookie.
One Twitter user joked Ms Bishop had learnt the "international language of emojis".
Another challenged Ms Bishop to address the United Nations using the icons, to which the Foreign Minister replied with the pictures the Statue of Liberty, tall buildings, a pen, a book and a smiley with an open mouth.
Ms Bishop is an avid user of Twitter, posting more than 3000 tweets to over 85,000 followers.
“@lycanzayn: @JulieBishopMP send me an emoji story Julie please”✈️��☀️⛵️��☕️����✈️ — Julie Bishop (@JulieBishopMP) November 23, 2014
“@kimjongeuan: fully expecting @JulieBishopMP to deliver her next address to the united nations entirely in emoji”✈️����✏️���� — Julie Bishop (@JulieBishopMP) November 23, 2014
