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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, left, and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos Jr., right, pose for a photo after signing the Memorandum of Understanding during his visit at the Malacanang palace in Manila Friday, Sept. 8, 2023. (Earvin Perias/Pool Photo via AP)

Australia and the Philippines strengthen their ties as South China Sea disputes heat up

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President Joe Biden speaks at a get out the vote rally for Gov. Gavin Newsom, D-Calif., at Long Beach City College, Monday, Sept. 13, 2021, in Long Beach, Calif., as Newsom faces a recall election on Tuesday. (AP Photo/Evan Vucci)

Biden welcoming Australian leader to White House for state dinner in October

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In this image made from video provided by AuBC, Kevin Yam, Australian pro-democracy lawyer and activist, speaks during an interview in Sydney, Tuesday, July 4, 2023. Hong Kong's Chief Executive John Lee said Tuesday that eight pro-democracy activists including Kevin Yam will be pursued for life for alleged national security offenses, dismissing criticism that the move to have them arrested was a dangerous precedent. Those former pro-democracy lawmakers now live in the United States, Britain, Canada and Australia. (AuBC via AP)

Australian leader criticizes Hong Kong’s attempt to arrest 2 activists who now live in Australia

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A fence surrounds a seemingly unoccupied building on the grounds of a proposed new Russian Embassy near the Australian Parliament in Canberra, Feb. 28, 2023. A suspected lone Russian diplomat was on Friday, June 23, 2023, apparently squatting on the site of the proposed embassy that the Australian government has vetoed. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese dismissed the Russian act of defiance saying a "bloke standing in the cold on a bit of grass in Canberra is not a threat to our national security." (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

A suspected Russian diplomat is occupying a proposed embassy site vetoed by Australia

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Australia's Parliament House sits behind Lake Burley Griffin in Canberra, Australia, Thursday, April 24, 2008. The Australian government expects to introduce legislation on Thursday, June 14, 2023, to prevent Russia from building a new embassy near Parliament House on security grounds. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Australia creates law to stop Russia from building new embassy near Parliament for security reasons

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Stella Assange, wife of Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, takes questions after speaking at the National Press Club of Australia in Canberra, Monday, May 22, 2023. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said he was working in the "most effective way possible" to secure the release of WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange but declined on Monday an invitation to meet the Australian citizen’s wife. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australian prime minister says he is working effectively to free WikiLeaks founder

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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks during a press conference in Sydney, Australia, Friday, June 10, 2022. Australian Prime Minister Albanese has ruled out a so-called Quad summit taking place in Sydney without President Joe Biden, saying the four leaders will talk at the Group of Seven meeting this weekend in Japan. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australia rules out Quad summit going ahead without Biden

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WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange greets supporters on May 19, 2017, outside the Ecuadorian Embassy in London, where he has been in self imposed exile since 2012. Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese expressed frustration at the United States’ continuing efforts to extradite WikiLeaks founder and Australian citizen Julian Assange, saying: “There is nothing to be served by his ongoing incarceration.” Albanese made his comments Friday, May 5, 2023, in an Australian Broadcasting Corp. interview. (AP Photo/Frank Augstein, File)

Australia PM: U.S. effort to extradite Assange not worth it

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King Charles III, left, receives Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, right, during an audience at Buckingham Palace in London, Britain, Tuesday May 2, 2023. (Jonathan Brady/Pool via AP)

Australia PM to give allegiance to King Charles III but wants president

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Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi welcomes his Australian counterpart Anthony Albanese during laters's ceremonial reception at the Indian presidential palace, in New Delhi, India, Friday, March 10, 2023. Australia is striving to strengthen security cooperation with India and also deepen economic and cultural ties, Prime Minister Anthony Albanese said on Friday. (AP Photo/Manish Swarup)

Australia aims to bolster security, economic ties with India

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Australian Trade Minister Don Farrell, left, gestures as he speaks to China's Minister of Commerce, Wang Wentao during a meeting via teleconference at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Monday, Feb. 6, 2023. Australian and Chinese trade ministers held their first bilateral meeting in three years Monday as Australia urges China to lift official and unofficial barriers that are costing exporters 20 billion Australian dollars ($14 billion) a year. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

China-Australia trade ministers hold 1st meeting since 2019

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

New Zealand Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern, left, speaks during a joint press conference with Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Sydney, Australia, Friday, July 8, 2022. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia, New Zealand say Pacific leaders must discuss China

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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

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Aussie lawmaker accused of lifting movie speech

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