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Australia's high commissioner to the UK meets with King Charles

Australia's acting high commissioner to the UK Lynette Wood has had an audience with King Charles III.

Really what matters is we have the best possible person for the job, who can advance Australia's interests in the best possible way, and that certainly needs a thorough and robust process to choose that person.