Politics Now: Albanese rejects US call to raise defence spending to 3pc of GDP

Anthony Albanese has stuck to the 'status quo' script on whether Australia would  join the US in defending Taiwan, while rejecting a call from US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth to raise defence spending to 3 per cent of GDP.

Anthony Albanese tours a Collins Class submarine at the Osborne Naval Shipyard in Adelaide. He has rebuffed US calls to lift defence spending by a big margin. NCA NewsWire / David Mariuz

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