Trump's Russia conversation 'within expectations'

By Fergus Hunter
Updated May 19 2017 - 5:23pm, first published 5:11pm
Foreign minister Julie Bishop speaking at the opening of the Kimberley Process in Perth on Monday May 1, 2017.??  Photo: Supplied
Foreign minister Julie Bishop speaking at the opening of the Kimberley Process in Perth on Monday May 1, 2017.?? Photo: Supplied

President Donald Trump's now-famous White House conversation with Russian officials was within the norms of an international leader's meeting, Foreign Minister Julie Bishop said on Friday, as she defended the under-siege US administration.