Prime Minister Anthony Albanese is set to unveil details of Australia's pending deal to buy nuclear submarines from the US and UK early next week after flagging an increase to defence spending.It comes following reports in Nine newspapers saying some of the extra spending for the project will be confirmed in the weeks leading up to May's federal budgetAlbanese is on his way to the US, where it is expected more detail will be given for the AUKUS arrangement. The total cost of the deal to Australia is estimated at $100 billion, and the prime minister indicated defence spending is likely to go up as a result.
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