Under the radar: the Australian intelligence chief in the shadows of the Aukus deal
by Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspon from on (#5R34B)
Andrew Shearer's unreported meeting in April with Joe Biden's top Indo-Pacific adviser may have been the clincher for the Aukus security agreement
It was late April when one of Australia's top intelligence chiefs arrived in Washington for important talks with key officials in the relatively new Biden administration.
Andrew Shearer, a longtime foreign policy hawk and one of Scott Morrison's most influential advisers on how Australia should position itself at a time of rising tensions with China, met with Joe Biden's top Indo-Pacific adviser, Kurt Campbell, in the building next to the White House on 30 April.
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