Narendra Modi arrived in Sydney on Monday night, marking his first to Australia since 2014; US President Joe Biden has not yet reached a deal with House Speaker Kevin McCarthy to avert a US debt default. Follow updates here.
President Biden's decision to shorten his upcoming Asia trip and skip a meeting of leaders of the strategic U.S.-India-Japan-Australia "Quad" group to deal with the debt crisis in Washington marks a blow to the ongoing U.S. campaign to show itself a reliable partner for countering China's increasingly aggressive rise in the region and on the world stage.
WATCH LIVE: Anthony Albanese delivers a press conference; the PM says the Quad meeting in Sydney is cancelled, but leaders will meet in Japan. Follow updates here.