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Scott Morrison was denied a one-on-one meeting with Joe Biden yesterday, at the PM’s first meeting with the US president, because Boris Johnson joined it.

Labor’s Penny Wong said it was disappointing that Morrison could not have a one-on-one meeting with Biden.

Morrison told reporters it was fine, saying:

[The three-person meeting] was an opportunity that presented because we’re all here and so it was mutual.

It was a great opportunity for my first meeting, of course, with the president. I mean I’ve known Boris for many years.