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Bloomberg taps Westcott to cover politics and foreign policy in Australia

Ben Westcott

Ben Westcott has joined Bloomberg as Australia government reporter, based out of Canberra, covering politics and foreign policy.

Recently, he was at CNN, where he served as an Asia-Pacific affairs writer and before that, as a digital journalist. He was also a journalist at The South China Morning Post and The Canberra Times in Australia. He has also interned at The Australian.

Westcott graduated from RMIT University with a degree in journalism.

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