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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
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Daniel Hurst Foreign affairs and defence correspondent

Joe Biden ‘re-evaluating’ Australian trip where he had been invited to address parliament next week

Joe Biden and Anthony Albanese shaking hands on stage
US president Joe Biden and Australian prime minister Anthony Albanese at the Aukus announcement in March 2023. Joe Biden will address Australia’s parliament on 23 May. Photograph: Anadolu Agency/Getty Images

Joe Biden is re-evaluating his plan to visit Australia next week, where he had been due to address the Australian parliament as the first US president in nearly 10 years to speak to a joint session of MPs and senators in Canberra.

Officials had confirmed that Biden would make the speech on Tuesday 23 May, the day before he attends the Quad summit in Sydney with the prime ministers of Australia, Japan and India.

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