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A Nine Entertainment Co. page on Facebook is displayed without posts in Sydney, Thursday, Feb. 18, 2021. Facebook is vowing to restrict news sharing as Australian lawmakers consider forcing digital giants into payment agreements. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Facebook blocks news access in Australia in surprise move

By Rod McGuirk

Australia's Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is photographed outside The Treasury in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 5, 2020. The Australian government will reveal a big spending financial blueprint for the next few years that will drive business investment and job creation while repairing pandemic damage to the economy. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Australia plans massive pandemic budget, record deficit

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia plans big spending pandemic measures, record debt

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison sits in the House of Representatives during question time at Parliament House in Canberra, Thursday, Aug. 27, 2020. The Australian government introduced legislation that aims to end the export of 645,000 metric tons (711,000 U.S. tons) of unprocessed trash that Australia ships overseas each year, usually to Asian ports. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP )

Australia to phase out waste exports, boost recycling

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

This Feb. 19, 2014, file photo, shows a Facebook app icon on a smartphone in New York. (AP Photo/Patrick Sison, File)

Australia to make Google and Facebook pay for news content

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this March 31, 2020, file photo, Iran's national flag waves as Milad telecommunications tower and buildings are seen in Tehran, Iran. A British-Australian academic serving a 10-year sentence for espionage in Iran has been moved to a notorious prison where concerns for her well-being have escalated, the Australian government confirmed Wednesday. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi, File)

British-Australian academic moved to notorious Iran prison

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

An Indian health worker checks the temperature of a child who had been stranded for weeks due to the lockdown to curb the spread of new coronavirus before allowing her to board a bus, in Bangalore, India, Wednesday, May 6, 2020. India partly relaxed its lockdown this week. (AP Photo/Aijaz Rahi)

Asia Today: Cruise ship in Philippine waters to return crew

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Australia raises with Iran imprisoned Australian academic

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

New Australian rules for police investigating leaks to media

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Beijing rebukes Aussie lawmaker for warning of China threat

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg speaks to the media during a press conference in Sydney, Friday, July 26, 2019. The Australian government released report that recommends more regulation on the market power of multinational digital platforms including Google and Facebook that would ensure fair deals for other media businesses and more control for individuals over how their data is used. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)

Australia considers more regulation of Google and Facebook

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Indigenous people hold a ceremony to welcome lawmakers to the first sitting of the Australian Parliament in Canberra since the May election, on Tuesday, July 2, 2019. The Australian government returned to Parliament on Tuesday claiming a new mandate from the May election to pass 158 billion Australian dollars ($110 billion) in tax cuts into law. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australian Parliament resumes for first time since election

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Treasurer Josh Frydenberg addresses the media as he arrives at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, Tuesday, April 2, 2019. Frydenberg said he will unveil Australia's first balanced annual budget plan in a decade days before general elections are called. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk)

Australia plans to balance books in pre-election budget

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison addresses media at Parliament House in Canberra, Australia, on Wednesday, Feb. 13, 2019. Morrison says his government will reopen a mothballed island detention camp in anticipation of a new wave of asylum seekers arriving by boat after Parliament passed legislation that would give sick asylum seekers easier access to mainland hospitals. (AP Photos/Rod McGuirk)

Australia to reopen island detention camp after refugee bill

By Rod McGuirk - 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

FILE - In this Dec. 15, 2014 file photo, a hostage runs to armed tactical response police officers for safety after she escaped from a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia. For a country of just 24 million that is thousands of miles from Syria and Iraq, Australia has been unusually fertile ground for Islamic State recruiters. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith, File)

Australia a puzzling hotbed of Islamic State recruiting

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger, right, who arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away. Canada's Conservative government said Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, it is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of countries with &quot;widespread and persistent-intense transmission&quot; of Ebola virus disease. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File) **FILE**

Amid Ebola scare, Canada restricts visas

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

In this Thursday, Oct. 16, 2014, photo released by U.S. Customs and Border Protection, U.S. Coast Guard Health Technician Nathan Wallenmeyer, left, and CBP supervisor Sam Ko conduct prescreening measures on a passenger, right, who arrived from Sierra Leone at O'Hare International Airport's Terminal 5 in Chicago. Canada has joined Australia in suspending entry visas for people from Ebola-stricken countries in West Africa in an attempt to keep the deadly disease away. Canada's Conservative government said Friday, Oct. 31, 2014, it is suspending visa applications for residents and nationals of countries with &quot;widespread and persistent-intense transmission&quot; of Ebola virus disease. (AP Photo/U.S. Customs and Border Protection, Melissa Maraj, File) **FILE**

Canada restricts visas amid Ebola scare

By ROB GILLIES - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a joint press conference with his Malaysian counterpart Najib Razak after a meeting in Putrajaya, Malaysia, in this Sept. 6, 2014, file photo. The Australian government on Friday, Sept. 12, 2014, elevated its terrorism threat level to the second-highest warning in response to the domestic threat posed by Islamic State movement supporters. (AP Photo/Lai Seng Sin, File)

Australian terrorism threat level raised to ‘high’ over Islamic State intelligence reports

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press