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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison hugs his daughters Lily and Abbey at a Liberal Party function in Sydney, Australia, Saturday, May 21, 2022. Morrison has conceded defeat and has confirmed that he would hand over the leadership of the Liberal Party following his party's loss to Labor in today's federal election. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australia PM Morrison defends record despite election loss

By Trevor Marshallsea - Associated Press

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, center back, celebrates with his partner partner Jodie Haydon, right, and Labor senate leader partner Penny Wong at a Labor Party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia’s next prime minister came from humble beginnings

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Labor Party leader Anthony Albanese, right, celebrates with Labor senator at a party event in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 22, 2022, after Prime Minister Scott Morrison conceding defeat to Albanese in a federal election. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australian Labor topples conservatives, PM faces early tests

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

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Male-born Australian surfer wins women’s title three years after taking men’s crown

By Valerie Richardson - The Washington Times

In this image supplied by the Australian Department of Defence, Chinese People's Liberation Army-Navy (PLA-N) Intelligence Collection Vessel Haiwangxing operating off the north-west shelf of Australia, Wednesday, May 11, 2022. Australian Minister of Defence Peter Dutton said Friday, May 13, 2022, that the Chinese warship with spying capabilities had been hugging the western coastline in what amounted to an &quot;aggressive act.&quot; (Australian Defence Dept. via AP)

Australia says Chinese spy ship has been hugging west coast

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A man impersonating North Korea's leader Kim Jong-un arrives as Prime Minister Scott Morrison leaves Extel Technologies manufacturing facility on Day 33 of the 2022 federal election campaign, in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, May 13, 2022. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Kim Jong Un lookalike disrupts Australian election campaign

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A Sydney ferry sails past the illuminated pylon of the Sydney Harbour Bridge ahead of the final vote for the hosting of the Rugby World Cups, Thursday, May 12, 2022. World Rugby will announce the host nations for the men's and women's World Cups for the period 2025-2033 with Australia heavily favored to host the men's 2027 and women's tournaments in 2029. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

United States to host Rugby World Cup for 1st time

By Steve Douglas - Associated Press

FILE - Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne speaks with the media as she arrives for a meeting of NATO foreign ministers at NATO headquarters in Brussels on April 7, 2022. Payne said on Saturday, May 7, 2022 she met the Solomon Islands' Development Planning and Aid Coordination Minister Jeremiah Manele in the Australian east coast city of Brisbane as he transited through the airport on Friday night. (AP Photo/Olivier Matthys, File)

Australian, Solomon Islands ministers discuss China pact

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Steve Johnson, right, with his sisters, Terry, left, and Rebecca and his wife Rosemarie, second right, arrive at the Supreme Court in Sydney, Monday, May 2, 2022, for a sentencing hearing in the murder of Scott Johnson — Steve, Terry and Rebecca's brother. Scott White appeared in the New South Wales state Supreme Court for a sentencing hearing after he pleaded guilty in January to the murder of the Los Angeles-born Canberra resident Scott Johnson, whose death at the base of a North Head cliff was initially dismissed by police as a suicide. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Sydney man gets 12 years for murdering gay American in 1988

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Illustration on China's threat to the Solomon Islands by Alexander Hunter/The Washington Times

Solomon Islands a step in China’s Pacific colonization

By Jianli Yang

FILE - In this photo provided by the Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority small fish school in waters of Ribbon Reef No 10 near Cairns, Australia, Sept. 12, 2017. Australia’s Great Barrier Reef is suffering widespread and severe coral bleaching due to high ocean temperatures two years after a mass bleaching event, a government agency said on Friday, March 18, 2022. (J. Sumerling/Great Barrier Reef Marine Park Authority via AP)

Great Barrier Reef suffers widespread coral bleaching

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

A type 054A guided missile frigate "Wuhu," prepares to dock at Manila's South Harbor for a four-day port call Thursday, Jan. 17, 2019, in Manila, Philippines. The Australian Defense Department says a Chinese navy ship fired a laser at one of its surveillance aircraft, putting the lives of the crew in danger. It says the incident happened on Thursday, Feb. 17, 2022, when the P-8A Poseidon plane detected a laser illuminating the aircraft while in flight over Australia’s northern approaches. (AP Photo/Bullit Marquez, File)

Australia says China fired laser at one of its planes

By Mike Glenn - The Washington Times

FILE - Ground crew drive their vehicles on the tarmac in the early morning at Sydney Airport, Monday, Nov. 29, 2021. Australia will open its borders to all vaccinated tourists and business travelers from Feb. 21 in a further relaxation of pandemic restrictions announced Monday, Feb. 7, 2022. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australia to open borders to vaccinated travelers on Feb. 21

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Ash Barty of Australia celebrates after defeating Danielle Collins of the U.S., in the women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Saturday, Jan. 29, 2022, in Melbourne, Australia. (AP Photo/Andy Brownbill)

Barty wins drought-breaking Australian Open women’s title

By John Pye - Associated Press

Drew Pavlou, left, and Max Mok show some of the 1,000 shirts they plan to hand out to patrons ahead of Saturday's women's singles final at the Australian Open tennis championships in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Jan. 28, 2022. As he was being ejected for wearing a shirt with a Where is Peng Shuai? slogan, Max Mok saw an opportunity to amplify the message at the Australian Open. (AP Photo/Tertius Pickard)

Where is Peng Shuai? Australian Open T-shirts grab attention

By John Pye - Associated Press