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Australia has friends in Biden's inner sanctum
If Biden wins, Australia will benefit from dealing with a better governed and more cohesive America but it may lose some of its edge in White House access.
Scott Morrison does not personally know Joe Biden, but Australia will have close friends in the 46th president's inner sanctum if he is confirmed as the US election winner.
Just last month, the defence strategist rumoured to be the leading candidate to become America's first female defence secretary should Biden win, Michèle Flournoy, spoke on a call with Australian government senior officials and foreign policy scholars.
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