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Australia pays $3.7 M to help news agency though pandemic

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

This combination of file photos shows a Google sign and the Facebook app. (AP Photo/File)

Australia to amend law making Facebook, Google pay for news

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A woman walks past the Chinese consulate in Sydney, Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2020. A Chinese-born adviser to an Australian lawmaker has launched a constitutional challenge in Australia's highest court against the nation's laws that ban covert foreign interference on domestic politics. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australian lawmaker’s adviser challenges interference law

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Jordan Thompson, right, of Australia, plays against Borna Coric, of Croatia, during the fourth round of the US Open tennis championships, Sunday, Sept. 6, 2020, in New York. (AP Photo/Frank Franklin II)

Plans for fans to return for iconic Melbourne sports events

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In this photo provided by the Northern Territory Government, a humpback whale swims in the East Alligator River in the Kakadu National Park in Australia's Northern Territory, on Sept. 10, 2020. Whales have never been seen before in the East Alligator River in the Northern Territory's World Heritage-listed Kakadu National Park and no one can explain why at least three of the blue water mammals ventured so deep inland in a river with almost zero visibility. (Northern Territory Government via AP)

Australians hope to save whale from crocodile-infested river

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Rugby Championship moved from New Zealand to Australia

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

China alleges Australia raided homes of Chinese reporters

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This image released by Netflix shows Izzy Bee holding a koala bear in a scene from &quot;Izzy's Koala World,&quot; which follows an 11-year old girl as she helps her veterinarian mom take care of koalas. (Netflix via AP)

New Netflix series features an 11-year-old ‘koala whisperer’

By MARK KENNEDY - Associated Press

In this image made from a video, The Australian Financial Review journalist Michael Smith speaks to the media on his arrival at Sydney airport, Australia Tuesday, Sept. 8, 2020. Smith and Australian Broadcasting Corp. journalist Bill Birtles, the last two journalists working for Australian media in China have left the country after police demanded interviews with them, the Australian government and Australian Broadcasting Corp. reported on Tuesday. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Last 2 journalists working for Australian media leave China

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

AP-Sportlight-Week Ahead

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Signs in store window advertise that they are closing in Sydney, Wednesday, Sept. 2, 2020. Australia's economy has suffered its sharpest quarterly drop since the Great Depression because of the pandemic, with data released on Wednesday confirming the country is experiencing its first recession in 28 years. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia’s economy takes sharpest dive since the 1930s

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian barley exporter challenges Chinese ban

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Israel’s top court rejects alleged child sex abuser’s appeal

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Cheng Lei, a Chinese-born Australian journalist for CGTN, the English-language channel of China Central Television, attends a public event in Beijing on Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2020. Cheng has been detained in China, Australia's government said Monday, Aug. 31. Australian officials had a consular visit via video link with Cheng at a detention facility last Thursday, Foreign Minister Marise Payne said in a statement. They will continue to provide assistance and support to her and her family, Payne said.(AP Photo/Ng Han Guan)

Chinese-born Australian CCTV journalist detained in China

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

This July 16, 2013 file photo shows a sign at Facebook headquarters in Menlo Park, Calif. (AP Photo/Ben Margot, File) **FILE**

Facebook threatens to block news distribution in Australia

By DAVID HAMILTON and ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Elliott Whitehead of the Canberra Raiders National Rugby League team raises his arms after his try was disallowed during a match against the Melbourne Storm in Canberra, Australia, July 11, 2020. Chinese telecom giant Huawei announced on Monday, Aug. 31, 2020, it is ending its oldest major sporting sponsorship deal in the world when it ends its contract with the Canberra Raiders after nine years, blaming a &quot;continued negative business environment.&quot; (Lukas CochAAP Image via AP)

Huawei ends sports sponsor deal over Australia ‘trade war’

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Men work on removing a fallen tree, Friday, Aug. 28, 2020, which struck and killed a 4-year-old boy in Melbourne, Australia. Three people were killed by falling trees and 50,000 homes were left without power after a wild storm Thursday. (James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Wild windstorm kills 3, taints water in Melbourne, Australia

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Australia open to taking gunman back from New Zealand

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. The Australian government has drafted new laws that would cancel international deals struck by lower tiers of governments with foreign states that are not in Australia's interests in a move likely to increase tensions with China. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia seeks more control over deals with foreign states

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Wang Xining, the Chinese Embassy in Australia's deputy head of mission, speaks at the National Press Club about Australia's call for an independent inquiry into the origins of and international responses to the pandemic in Canberra, Wednesday, Aug. 26, 2020. Wang likens Australia's call for an inquiry into the coronavirus pandemic to the betrayal of Roman dictator Julius Caesar in a Shakespearean tragedy for the benefit of the United States. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Chinese envoy says Australia betrayed China for US on virus

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press