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Cash and cash equivalents (Tables) | 12 Months Ended
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Dec. 31, 2019
Cash and cash equivalents [abstract] |
Summary of cash and cash equivalents |
| Note |  | 2019 US$m |  | 2018 US$m |
Cash at bank and in hand |  | 978 |  | 740 |
Money market funds and other cash equivalents |  | 7,049 |  | 10,033 |
Balance per Group balance sheet |  | 8,027 |  | 10,773 |
Bank overdrafts repayable on demand (unsecured) | 22 |  | — |  | (1 | )
Cash and cash equivalents included in Assets held for sale | 19 |  | — |  | 117 |
Balance per Group cash flow statement |  | 8,027 |  | 10,889 |

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