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A Chinese paramilitary policeman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus stands guard outside the Australian Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, June 6, 2020. China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing's latest attempt to punish the country for advocating an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Australia voices concern over man sentenced to die in China

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A Chinese paramilitary policeman wearing a face mask to protect against the new coronavirus stands guard outside the Australian Embassy in Beijing, Saturday, June 6, 2020. China is advising its citizens not to visit Australia, citing racial discrimination and violence against Asians, in what appears to be Beijing's latest attempt to punish the country for advocating an investigation into the coronavirus pandemic. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Australia ‘disheartened’ by death sentence in China

Associated Press

Protestors carry an Aboriginal flag as the walk past a statue of British explorer James Cook in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Police disrupt planned anti-racism rally in Sydney

By RICK RYCROFT - Associated Press

A student reads while sitting on a ledge at the Quadrangle of the University of Sydney, Australia May 2, 2017. International students are expected to begin returning to Australia next month despite Chinese warnings of pandemic-related racism, the Australian prime minister said on Friday, June 12, 2020. (Paul Miller/AAP Image via AP)

Australian leader expects foreign students to return in July

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Police move in to disperse protesters that had gathered in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Thousands gather for Black Lives Matter rallies in Australia

By RICK RYCROFT - Associated Press

Police guard a statue of British explorer James Cook as protesters gather in Sydney, Friday, June 12, 2020, to support U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd. Hundreds of police disrupted plans for a Black Lives Matter rally but protest organizers have vowed that other rallies will continue around Australia over the weekend despite warnings of the pandemic risk. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australian prime minister apologizes for ‘no slavery’ claim

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia’s national news agency to survive with new owners

Associated Press

A man guards change rooms at the stadium as the Parramatta Eels and the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League resume play without spectators, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Brisbane, Australia. Two rounds of matches were played in the NRL in March before Australia and New Zealand went into lockdown and closed borders in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. (AP Photo/John Pye)

High temp sidelines Tedesco in NRL; Te’o signs for Broncos

Associated Press

In this handout photo provided by the Press Information Bureau, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a virtual meeting with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, in New Delhi, India, Thursday, June 4, 2020. India and Australia upgraded their relationship with a raft of agreements Thursday, including strengthening defense ties and cooperation in the Indo-Pacific maritime issues. The agreements were signed during a virtual summit between Modi and Morrison. (Press Information Bureau via AP)

India, Australia sign defense, trade deals to bolster ties

By SHEIKH SAALIQ - Associated Press

Demonstrators observe a minute's silence in Canberra, Australia, on Friday, June 5, 2020 in memory of deaths in custody including George Floyd, who died after being restrained by Minneapolis police officers on May 25. Thousands gathered in Australia's capital to remind Australians that the racial inequality underscored by Floyd's death was not unique to the United States. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australians rally for black lives, court bans bigger protest

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 19, 2020, file photo, a man wearing a mask, left, rides a personal transporter past the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney. The coronavirus pandemic pushed Australia’s economy into recession for the first time in 29 years in the first quarter of the year 2022, and the situation is expected to get worse. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft, File)

Pandemic brings 1st Australian recession in 29 years

Associated Press

South Korean President Moon Jae-in speaks on the occasion of the third anniversary of inauguration at the presidential Blue House Sunday, May 10, 2020 in Seoul, South Korea. Moon urged citizens not to lower their guard down, but said there’s no reason to be panicked amid worries about a new surge in the coronavirus outbreak in the country. (Kim Min-Hee/Pool Photo via AP)

Moon Jae-in says he is open to joining G-7 summit

By Lauren Toms - The Washington Times

The Parramatta Eels and the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League resume play without spectators, Thursday, May 28, 2020, in Brisbane, Australia. Two rounds of matches were played in the NRL in March before Australia and New Zealand went into lockdown and closed borders in a bid to slow the spread of COVID-19. (Darren England/AAP Image via AP)

Full contact: Aussie rugby league back after 2-month break

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

In this Nov. 7, 2005, file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Gough Whitlam holds up the original copy of his dismissal letter he received from then Governor-General Sir John Kerr on Nov. 11, 1975, at a book launch in Sydney, Australia. The High Court's majority decision in historian Jenny Hocking’s appeal on Friday, May 29, 2020, overturned lower court rulings that more than 200 letters between the monarch of Britain and Australia and Governor-General Sir John Kerr before he dismissed Prime Minister Gough Whitlam’s government were personal and might never be made public. (AP Photo/Mark Baker, File)

Australian court rules queen’s letters can be made public

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Lilitha Jiphethu, 11, sings in her first language, Xhosa, inside her home in Orange Farm, South Africa, on Tuesday, April 28, 2020. “I have a friend in Jesus. He is loving and he’s not like any other friend. He is not deceitful. He is not ashamed of us. He is truthful, and He is love.” (AP Photo/Denis Farrell)

Through kids’ eyes: Virus outbreak brings sadness, fear, joy

By MARTHA IRVINE - Associated Press

A security guard stands at the entrance to the News Corp. headquarters in Sydney, Thursday, May 28, 2020. Australia's largest newspaper publisher, News Corp., announced that most of its suburban and regional mastheads across the country will become digital-only next month due to the pandemic and digital platforms sharing their content. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Most Australian News Corp small papers to go digital-only

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - This Feb. 27, 2018 file photo, Australian Malka Leifer, right, is brought to a courtroom in Jerusalem. An Israeli court ruled Tuesday, May 26, 2020, that Leifer who is wanted on pedophilia charges in Australia, is fit to stand trial for extradition. The ruling capped a years-long legal battle in the case of Leifer, a former educator who is accused of sexually abusing former students. She has been fighting extradition from Israel for six years and the legal wrangle to bring her before an Australian court has caused a diplomatic strain between the two allies. (AP Photo/Mahmoud Illean, File)

Israeli court: Alleged child sex abuser fit to stand trial

By JOSEF FEDERMAN - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to the media during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Friday, May 1, 2020. Morrison stands firm on his call for an independent inquiry into the coronavirus and denied any motivation other than to prevent such a pandemic happening again. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

China punishes Australia for coronavirus questions, ‘pandering’ to U.S.

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne comments in Penrith, Australia Monday, May 18, 2020. Payne welcomed international support for an independent investigation of the coronavirus: an inquiry that has been condemned by China and blamed for a bilateral trade rift. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia children return to schools as coronavirus numbers decline

Associated Press

Suspect arrested in 1988 death of American man in Sydney

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press