News live: PM secures meeting with Trump; Australian man killed in Bali
Key events
Our man Tom McIlroy is travelling with prime minister Anthony Albanese (Seattle now, Canada shortly). He writes that in talks with US president Donald TrumpAlbanese will push for a tariff exemption for Australia, and flagged talks on critical minerals and possible changes to biosecurity rules to allow more US beef to be imported into Australia. And, yes, they’ll talk Aukus (let us remember that time Trump appeared not to know what the $368bn deal was):
Good morning
Good morning, and welcome to today’s blog. And if you were hoping to ease into it, apologies – there’s quite a bit going on.
Prime minister Anthony Albanese has managed to shore up a meeting with US president Donald Trump. They’ll catch up on the sidelines of the G7 summit in Canada on Tuesday. Tariffs are top of the agenda, but the Aukus deal is now looking shaky so that will likely feature as well. Albanese said:
Obviously, there are issues that the US president is dealing with at the moment, but I expect that we will be able to have a constructive engagement.
Foreign affairs minister Penny Wong will be on Insiders shortly, which is excellent timing considering everything that’s going on in the world.
Speaking of which, you can follow the turmoil in the Middle East at our live blog here.
We’re also chasing news that an Australian man has been shot and killed in Bali. The ABC reports that a Melbourne man died and another was injured in an attack at a villa in Munggu, which is about an hour north of Kuta. A second man was injured.
I’m Tory Shepherdand I’ll try to find some lighter news for you throughout the day!
