US President Joe Biden’s planned visit to Australia next week has been cancelled.
The leaders of Australia, the US, Japan and India were all scheduled to meet in Sydney on May 24 for a Quad meeting.
Biden was due to address the federal parliament in Canberra the day before.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he took a call from Biden early on Wednesday morning.
“The president apologised that he would now have to postpone this visit because of the unfolding difficulties he is facing in his negotiations with the US Congress over the US government debt ceiling,” Albanese said in a statement….