Australia news live: Cash calls on PM to condemn Chinese jet incident; Barnaby Joyce quizzed on One Nation move | Australia news

Good morning and welcome to our live news blog. I Martin Farrer with the best night stories and then it will be Nick Visser with the main action.

And so far today the main action has been at the White House, where Prime Minister Anthony Albanese met with US President Donald Trump, signed a major deal and laughed as he berated his ambassador. We have all the colors and news for you.

Also rumors about the National Deputy Barnaby JoyceThe possibility of him defecting to One Nation continues to be discussed, but Joyce remained tight-lipped in a tense ABC interview.

And Michaelia Cash It launched an attack after a Chinese warplane fired a flare near an Australian surveillance plane over the South China Sea. He says this is a dangerous provocation, a serious escalation and should be condemned by the prime minister.