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.

Today, the Prime Minister, Mark Carney, met with the Prime Minister of Australia, Anthony Albanese, ahead of the 2025 G7 Leaders’ Summit in Kananaskis, Alberta.

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has arrived in Canada for the G7 summit, where he is due to hold talks with Mark Carney this morning. Follow live.

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.

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

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.

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.