Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will reject Donald Trump’s demand for Australia to boost its defence spending during his first face-to-face meeting with the US President in Canada.

SYDNEY, - Increasing the number of nuclear powered submarines operated by Australia, Britain and the United States will make the Indo Pacific more secure and was in the United States' interests, Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Monday.

Anthony Albanese has touched down in Canada ahead of a packed three days of meetings with world leaders, including a high-stakes bilateral with US President Donald Trump.

A foreign policy expert has warned Australia and the United Kingdom could "never replicate" AUKUS without support from the United States ahead of Prime Minister Anthony Albanese's crucial meeting with President Donald Trump.

Albanese was helped into his overcoat by a member of staff before leaving by a side entrance, while the former Victorian Premier picked up the bill. The high-end restaurant, where half a southern rock lobster baked in saffron and sauce rouille costs a cool ...

AWS has boosted its Australian infrastructure investment to $20 billion, with $7 billion for AI, data centres and clean energy projects.

A fortnightly poll of Financial Review readers revealed an appetite for the federal government to pursue tax reform – tempered by scepticism that it will actually happen.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has declared New South Wales and Victoria could host several of the 2032 Olympic Games sports, in a bombshell revelation that has left Queenslanders furious.