Overview

• Prime Minister Anthony Albanese will attend a reception hosted by President Trump in New York during the U.N. General Assembly.
• A one-on-one meeting with Trump has not been scheduled, with officials signaling any contact may be a brief sideline exchange.
• Australia seeks explicit presidential support for AUKUS as the Pentagon reviews the pact, after committing an extra A$12 billion for submarine maintenance infrastructure in Western Australia.
• More than 20 Australian critical minerals companies met U.S. officials this week to explore collaboration as Canberra presses concerns over tariffs despite a U.S. trade surplus.
• Albanese will back Palestinian statehood and discuss Australia’s under‑16 social‑media ban at the UN while managing setbacks from unsigned Pacific security pacts in Vanuatu and Papua New Guinea.