Turnbull learns Trump doesn't 'make nice'
And so, with the advent of Donald Trump's America First presidency, an Australian diplomatic tradition dies.
Paul McGeough is chief foreign correspondent for the Sydney Morning Herald.
And so, with the advent of Donald Trump's America First presidency, an Australian diplomatic tradition dies.
Malcolm Turnbull's "ring of steel" asylum seeker arrangements designed to buttress his new US resettlement deal could be weakened by Labor, Greens and crossbench opposition to a proposed lifetime visa ban on post-2013 boat arrivals.
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