Washington | There is a half-joke-half-rumour going around foreign policy circles in Washington that President Donald Trump had lined up an ambassador to Australia, but that person knocked back the offer upon realising the capital was Canberra rather than Sydney.

That might be an unfair slight on the bucolic bush city. But the more important takeaway is that the ambassador vacancy is a topic of intrigue for many, and consternation for some. Loading...

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