16 Jun 2021

Australia correspondent Bernard Keane

From Nine To Noon, 9:51 am on 16 June 2021

Bernard joins Kathryn to talk about the free trade deal announced between Australia and the United Kingdom, with 99 percent of Aussie goods able to enter the UK duty free once the deal comes into force next year. The deal was agreed while Scott Morrison was at the G7, where he was denied a one-on-one meeting with US President Joe Biden - was that a consequence of his support for Donald Trump and his climate denialism? And a Tamil family locked away on Christmas Island and under threat of deportation have been reunited at a Perth hospital where the youngest child is receiving treatment.

British Prime Minister Boris Johnson greets Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison outside the door of 10 Downing Street, London, UK on 14th June 2021.

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