Malcolm Turnbull says Australia has no stronger alliance than that with the United States.
The prime minister met with US Vice President Joe Biden in Sydney on Tuesday, just hours after Mr Turnbull's new ministry was sworn in, revealing in a press conference the pair discussed the allied efforts to fight the global threat of terrorism and Trans-Pacific Partnership trade deal.
Mr Biden said it was important to stand together against terrorism and the alliance has been a source of strength for both countries for decades.
'Australian and American troops are working side-by-side in Iraq, as I said, training local partners to lead the fight on the ground, and we're flying missions over Syria, leading the global humanitarian effort,' he said.
On the TPP, now awaiting approval from US Congress, Mr Turnbull said it 'is a great free trade agreement, 40% of the global economy'.
'We know that while there are political obstacles, the eloquence of the vice president and the President, all of the wiles he's developed over so many years in the Congress, all of that political capital is going to be brought to bear to bring the TPP home in the Congress.'
'The Biden touch will deliver the TPP and that will be very important for economic growth in our region,' he said.
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Timed after the Aussie elections to make sure Mr ex Goldman Sachs director Malcom Turnbull was firmly in the Prime Minister's seat.
To drive home the highly unpopular TPP?
A bit of sabre-rattling in the face of the Chinese military expansion in the South China Seas?
Do they need Aussies to help them fight their interminable wars again?
