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From left, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, Papua New Guinea's Prime Minister Peter O'Neill, New Zealand's Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence pose for a group photo after signing the Papua New Guinea Electrification Partnership at APEC Haus in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea, Sunday, Nov. 18, 2018. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

US, allies to bring electricity to most of Papua New Guinea

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Australia's Scott Sio, center, is tackled by Italian players during the rugby union international match between Italy and Australia at the Euganeo Stadium in Padua, Italy, Saturday, Nov. 17, 2018. (AP Photo/Luca Bruno)

Wallabies weather early scare to beat Italy 26-7

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Japanese Prime Minister Shinzo Abe, left, lays a wreath along with Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison at the Cenotaph War Memorial in Darwin, Australia, Friday, Nov. 16, 2018. (Glenn Campbell/Pool Photo via AP)

Japan’s Abe lays wreath in Australia city bombed in WWII

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

In this Nov. 15, 2018, photo, a woman crosses the street near a billboard commemorating the state visit of Chinese President Xi Jinping in Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea. As world leaders arrive in Papua New Guinea for a Pacific Rim summit, the welcome mat is especially big for China’s President Xi Jinping. With both actions and words, Xi has a compelling message for the South Pacific’s fragile island states, long both propped up and pushed around by U.S. ally Australia: they now have a choice of benefactors. (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

China woos Pacific islands with loans, showcase projects

By STEPHEN WRIGHT - Associated Press

In this Nov. 9, 2017, photo, U.S. President Donald Trump and Chinese President Xi Jinping participate in a welcome ceremony at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, China. Mr. Xi had an "extremely positive" phone conversation with Mr. Trump about trade and other issues, the foreign ministry said Friday, Nov. 2, 2018. The two leaders agreed to "strengthen economic exchanges," said a ministry spokesman, Lu Kang. (AP Photo/Andrew Harnik, File)

Chinese media: U.S.-led ‘Quad’ is ‘doomed to fail’

By Guy Taylor - The Washington Times

FILE - In this file photo dated Saturday, Feb. 3, 2018, Ireland's Jonathan Sexton, is caught by France players during their Six Nations rugby union match at the Stade de France stadium in Saint-Denis, outside Paris, France. Sexton on Monday Nov. 12, 2018, said he supports Conor Murray's &quot;smart&quot; call not to make Ireland's showdown with the All Blacks upcoming weekend his first match in five months after suffering a neck injury. (AP Photo/Michel Euler, FILE)

Sexton backs Murray missing All Blacks match

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Wales Josh Adams, right, passes the ball as Australia's Izack Rodda comes in for the tackle during the rugby union international match between Wales and Australia at the Principality Stadium in Cardiff, Wales, Saturday, Nov. 10, 2018. (AP Photo/Rui Vieira)

Wales wins 9-6 to end 13-match losing run against Australia

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This image made from video shows police on street corner after a shooting in Melbourne, Australia, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. Police shot a knife-wielding man Friday after he fatally stabbed one person and injured two others in the center of Australia's second-largest city, police said. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

The Latest: IS claims responsibility for Australia attack

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A burnt out vehicle is seen on Bourke Street in Melbourne, Friday, Nov. 9, 2018. A knife-wielding man stabbed two people, one fatally, in Australia's second-largest city on Friday in an attack likely linked to terrorism, police said. The attack during the afternoon rush hour brought central Melbourne to a standstill.(James Ross/AAP Image via AP)

Australia police: Melbourne attacker also planned explosion

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

FILE - In this Nov. 3, 2009, file photo, powerlines run across a section near Brisbane. Households will pay significantly more for their power when a proposed Emissions Trading Scheme is introduced. The Australian government on Wednesday warned it intends to block a Hong Kong and Chinese consortium’s 13 billion Australian dollar ($9 billion) takeover bid for an energy infrastructure company because it conflicts with Australia’s national interest. (Dave Hunt/AAP Image via AP)

Australia to block Chinese $9 billion energy takeover bid

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Foreign Minister Marise Payne, left, shakes hands with her Chinese counterpart Wang Yi at the Diaoyutai State Guesthouse in Beijing, China, Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018. The foreign ministers of China and Australia are meeting in Beijing on Thursday in a sign of a thaw in the recently frosty relationship between the key economic partners. (Thomas Peter/Pool Photo via AP)

As ties thaw, Australia says it welcomes Chinese investment

By CHRISTOPHER BODEEN - Associated Press

FILE - In this Oct. 20, 2018, file photo, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks at a Liberal Party Wentworth by-election function in Double Bay in Sydney, Australia. Morrison on Thursday, Nov. 8, 2018 outlined the country’s plans to increase investments in infrastructure in the South Pacific as China’s influence in those nations grows. (Chris Pavlich/AAP Image via AP, File)

Australia details investment in Pacific as China clout grows

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Trial of former Australian spy could hear evidence in secret

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Australian watchdog approves Nine network, Fairfax merger

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this Nov. 5, 2018, image made from video, a victim of a shark attack is wheeled on stretcher by paramedics after a rescue helicopter transporting him landed at Mackay Base Hospital helicopter platform in Mackay, Queensland state, Australia. A shark killed a man near an island harbor on Australia's Great Barrier Reef on Monday, Nov. 5, 2018, officials said. (Channel 7/Channel 9 via AP)

Man dies in 3rd shark attack off Australia island in 7 weeks

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Independent says Australian gov’t lost on its refugee stance

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE--In this Jan. 25, 2016, file photo Atlanta Hawks guard Lamar Patterson stand on the court in the second half of an NBA basketball game in Denver. Australian National Basketball League Brisbane Bullets recruit Lamar Patterson was briefly detained after landing in Brisbane on Thursday, Nov. 1, 2018, with his dog, Kobe. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski, File)

Dog’s day: Player’s pet quarantined on landing in Australia

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

Australia invests in developing Papua New Guinea naval base

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Sept. 4, 2018, file photo, refugees are pictured on Nauru. Australia aims to remove all asylum seeker children from Nauru within two months as concerns escalate about their deteriorating health after languishing on the tiny Pacific atoll nation for up to five years. But cabinet ministers said on Thursday, Nov. 1, the government is maintaining its much-criticized policy of sending all asylum seekers who attempt to reach Australia by boat to immigration camps on Nauru and Papua New Guinea. (Jason Oxenham/Pool Photo via AP, File)

Australia aims to remove asylum seeker children from Nauru

By ROD McGUIRK and NICK PERRY - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 8, 2018 file photo, from left, Singapore's Minister for Trade and Industry Lim Hng Kiang, New Zealand Trade Minister David Parker, General Secretary Ministry of International Trade and Industry of Malaysia Y.bhg. Datuk J. Jayasiri, Canada's Minister of International Trade Francois-Philippe Champagne, Australian Minister for Trade and Investment Steven Ciobo, Chile's Foreing Minister Heraldo Munoz, Brunei's Foreign Minister Haji Erawan bin Pehin Yusof, Japan's Trans-Pacific Partnership minister Toshimitsu Motegi, Secretary of Economy of Mexico Idelfonso Guajardo, Peru's Trade Minister Eduardo Ferreyros and Vietnamese Trade Minister Tran Tuan Anh, poses for a pictures after the signing ceremony of the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership, CP TPP, in Santiago, Chile. The Pacific rim trade pact abandoned by President Donald Trump will take effect at the year's end after Australia became became the sixth nation to ratify it. The New Zealand government said Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, that Australia had notified it that it had completed procedures needed for the trade arrangement, the Comprehensive and Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership. It will take effect Dec. 30. (AP Photo/Esteban Felix, File)

Pacific rim trade pact goes ahead after Australia ratifies

By ELAINE KURTENBACH - Associated Press