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In this photo released by Xinhua News Agency, Chinese Ambassador to Australia Xiao Qian speaks as he attends a national conference of the Australia China Friendship Society (ACFS) in Perth, Australia, Saturday. June 11, 2022. Xiao says relations between the two countries are at a "new juncture" with the election of a new Australian government and the first minister-to-minister talks in more than two years. (Bai Xuefei/Xinhua via AP)

China’s envoy to Australia says 2 nations at ‘new juncture’

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

French ambassador to Australia Jean-Pierre Thebault gestures as he speaks during an interview with The Associated-Press in Paris, Friday, Oct. 8, 2021. Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison welcomed France's decision to return its ambassador to Australia and said Thursday the bilateral relationship was bigger than the canceled submarine contract. (AP Photo/Michel Euler)

French envoy to Australia: Deceitful sub deal raises risks

By Masha MacPherson - Associated Press

In this file photo, Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, and Minister for Foreign Affairs Marise Payne, left, participate in the inaugural Quad leaders meeting with the President of the United States Joe Biden, the Prime Minister of Japan Yoshihide Suga and the Prime Minister of India Narendra Modi in a virtual meeting in Sydney, Saturday, March 13, 2021. (Dean Lewins/Pool via AP) **FILE**

New ‘urgency’: Biden’s ‘Quad’ poses a rising challenge to China

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

A helicopter drops water on a fire near Bumbalong, south of the Australian capital, Canberra, Saturday, Feb. 1, 2020. The threat is posed by a blaze on Canberra's southern fringe that has razed more than 21,500 hectares (53,000 acres) since it was sparked by heat from a military helicopter landing light on Monday, the Emergency Services Agency said. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

More homes destroyed in southeast Australia wildfires

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Wildfire smoke billows behind a mountain range on Tuesday, jan. 28, 2020, close to Canberra's southern outskirts. The rapidly-spreading wildfire sparked by a military helicopter on Monday is threatening homes on Tuesday on the outskirts of the Australian capital. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Wildfire creates state of emergency in Australian capital

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A boom floats across a small bay near the dam wall at Warragamba Dam in Warragamba, Australia, on Wednesday, Jan. 29, 2020. Although there have been no major impacts on drinking water yet from the intense wildfires, authorities know from experience that the risks will be elevated for years while the damaged catchment areas, including pine and eucalyptus forests, recover. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

As forests burn around the world, drinking water is at risk

By TAMMY WEBBER - Associated Press

Wildfire smoke billows behind a mountain range on Tuesday, jan. 28, 2020, close to Canberra's southern outskirts. The rapidly-spreading wildfire sparked by a military helicopter on Monday is threatening homes on Tuesday on the outskirts of the Australian capital. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Wildfire threatens homes on Australian capital’s outskirts

Associated Press

Michael Pettersson, the ACT Labor politician who proposed the legalization of marijuana for personal use and growing bills, looks at his computer Wednesday, Sept. 25, 2019, in parliament chamber in Canberra, Australia. Australia's capital has become the first part of the country to legalize recreational marijuana for personal use. (Jessica Brown/ABC News via AP)

Australian capital legalizes recreational marijuana

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Swedish environmental activist Greta Thunberg, center, takes part during the Climate Strike, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019 in New York. Rallies calling for action on climate change are happening in cities around the world Friday ahead of a summit on the issue. (AP Photo/Eduardo Munoz Alvarez)

Young protesters around globe demand climate change action

By Jennifer Peltz and Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Steam rises from a nuclear power station behind an old windmill on the River Scheldt in Doel, Belgium, Thursday, Sept. 19, 2019. Political leaders meet Sept. 23, 2019, for a climate summit in New York to ramp up global efforts to tackle the climate crisis. (AP Photo/Virginia Mayo)

From Australia to Europe, climate protesters hit the streets

By Rod McGuirk and Frank Jordans - Associated Press

Australian Parliament to probe press freedom after raids

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

David William McBride speaks to the media after appearing in the Australian Capital Territory Supreme Court in Canberra, Thursday, June 13, 2019. The former Australian army lawyer charged with leaking secret documents to journalists says his prosecution is not about protecting national security but concealing &quot;a national shame.&quot; (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Former Australian army lawyer in court over leak to media

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Monday, Feb. 4, 2019, file photo, refugee soccer player Bahraini Hakeem al-Araibi leaves the criminal court in Bangkok, Thailand. A Thai court on Monday, Feb. 11, 2019, has ordered the release of al-Araibi after prosecutors said they were no longer seeking his extradition to Bahrain. (AP Photo/Sakchai Lalit, File)

Bahrain refugee soccer player freed by Thailand, heads home

By KAWEEWIT KAEWJINDA and TASSANEE VEJPONGSA - Associated Press

Australian Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop, left, shakes hands with Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister Wan Azizah Wan Ismail at parliament building in Kuala Lumpur, Wednesday, Aug. 1, 2018. (AP Photo/Vincent Thian)

Australia says Malaysia hasn’t sought hitman’s extradition

Associated Press

In this Feb. 17, 2017 photo, Pete Ryan speaks at his home in Canberra, Australia. Some Australians foresee trouble in their country's traditionally strong alliance with the United States because of what they see as &quot;un-presidential&quot; behavior from President Donald Trump, while others think outspoken businessman-turned-Australian leader Malcolm Turnbull is a good match for him. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australians doubt Trump’s commitment to its traditional ally

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Chinese Premier Li Keqiang welcomed Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife, Lucy, to Beijing in April. The delicate relationship between their countries is about to change. (Associated Press)

Australia, long tied to China by ‘fear and greed,’ boosts defense amid increased skepticism

By Luke Hunt - Special to The Washington Times

Malaysia defends military inaction on MH370 radar

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

New controversy in Australia-Indonesia relations

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press