The Australian reports that the waning possibility of Anthony Albanese landing a face-to-face meeting with Donald Trump in coming weeks has sparked alarm from the Coalition and defence ­experts, who have raised concern about the two leaders not meeting before Washington’s controversial AUKUS review concludes and instead leaving the outcome “to chance”.

USSC CEO Dr Michael Green was quoted in the article on these developments, saying that Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and the cabinet need to "sort out what their [grand] strategy is" to succeed with Trump.