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This satellite image provided by Maxar Technologies shows an overview of Hunga Tonga Hunga Ha'apai volcano in Tonga on Dec. 24, 2021. Three of Tonga's smaller islands suffered serious damage from tsunami waves, officials and the Red Cross said Wednesday, Jan. 19, 2022, as a wider picture begins to emerge of the damage caused by the eruption of an undersea volcano near the Pacific archipelago nation. (Satellite image ©2022 Maxar Technologies via AP, File)

Three of Tonga’s smaller islands badly damaged by tsunami

By Moussa Moussa and David Rising - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison discusses travel restrictions during a press conference in Canberra, Friday, Oct. 1, 2021. Australia has outlined plans to lift its pandemic ban on its vaccinated citizens traveling overseas from November, but no date has yet been set for welcoming international tourists back. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia won’t welcome foreign tourists until at least 2022

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

A man reads a newspaper on the steps of Flinders Street Station in Melbourne, Australia, Wednesday, Aug. 11, 2021. Australia's second-largest city has extended its lockdown in a bid to eliminate COVID-19 while authorities in Sydney flagged restrictions easing for vaccinated residents despite the delta variant continuing to spread. (AAP Image/Daniel Pockett)

Australian military, police enforcing ‘strict lockdown’ of New South Wales after COVID-19 spike

By Andrew Blake - The Washington Times

In this photo provided by Wildlife Information, Rescue and Education Service (WIRES), a Pale-headed snake is photographed in Sydney, Thursday, April 15, 2021. This is the venomous snake that authorities say made an 870-kilometer (540-mile) journey to Sydney from a Toowoomba packing plant wrapped in plastic with a pair of baby cos lettuces. (Gary Pattinson/WIRES via AP)

Sydney man finds snake in lettuce bought at supermarket

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this photo provided by Alex White, a Pale-headed snake is photographed in a bag of lettuce in Sydney, Monday, April 12, 2021. White thought he was watching a huge worm writhing in plastic-wrapped lettuce he'd just brought home from a Sydney supermarket, until a snake tongue flicked. (Alex White via AP)

Venomous snake found in lettuce from Aldi

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Buildings are partially submerged as floodwater covers large areas northwest of Sydney, Australia, Wednesday, March 24, 2021. Some 18,000 residents of Australia's most populous state have fled their homes since last week, with warnings the flood cleanup could stretch into April. (Lukas Coch/Pool Photo via AP)

2 trapped drivers become first Australian flood fatalities

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

A family walks past a fence near the harbour foreshore ahead of New Years Eve in Sydney, Australia, Thursday, Dec. 31, 2020. One million people would usually crowd the Sydney Harbor to watch the annual fireworks that center on the Sydney Harbor Bridge. But this year authorities are advising revelers to watch the fireworks on television (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

New Year’s revelries muted by virus as curtain draws on 2020

By FRANK JORDANS and DEREK GATOPOULOS - Associated Press

Australian Foreign Minister Marine Payne speaks during a press conference at Parliament House in Canberra, Monday, Oct. 26, 2020. Australia on Monday condemned Qatar authorities’ treatment of women passengers, including 13 Australians, on a flight to Sydney who were subjected to internal examinations after a newborn baby was found abandoned at a Doha airport. (Lukas Coch/AAP Image via AP)

Australia protests Qatar airport’s exams of women passengers

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this Aug. 10, 2019, file photo, South Africa trammates celebrate at the end of a rugby championship match against Argentina in Salta, Argentina. Rugby Championship organizers SANZAAR on Tuesday, Oct. 13, 2020, have given the World Cup champion South Africa an additional 48 hours to decide whether they will compete in the four-nation tournament in Australia from next month. (AP Photo/Florencia Tanjun, File)

World champion Springboks withdraw from Rugby Championship

By STEVE McMORRAN - Associated Press

Christmas alone? NZ upset with Rugby Championship schedule

By STEVE McMORRAN - 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

FILE - In this Nov. 12, 2013, file photo, John Fahey, president of the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA), speaks during a news conference in Johannesburg, South Africa. Fahey, a former president of the World Anti-Doping Agency and a key player in getting the 2000 Summer Olympics for Sydney, has died. He was 75. New South Wales state government officials on Saturday, Sept. 12, 2020, confirmed Fahey's death. (AP Photo/Themba Hadebe, File)

Former World Anti-Doping Agency chief John Fahey dies at 75

By DENNIS PASSA - 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

FILE - In this Sept. 15, 2000, file photo, Australian Olympic athlete Cathy Freeman ignites the Olympic flame during the opening ceremony for the Summer Olympics at Olympic Stadium in Sydney. Freeman ignited the cauldron to open the first games of the millennium and lit up Sydney Olympic Stadium 10 nights later by winning an era-defining gold medal for Australia. (AP Photo/Victoria Arocho, File)

Freeman lights up Sydney Olympics to kick off new millennium

By JOHN PYE - Associated Press

Police arrest leader of Sydney protests against racism

Associated Press

A police officer directs traffic at a roadblock in suburban Melbourne, Australia, Thursday, July 2, 2020. Thousands of residents in dozens of suburbs of Melbourne, are preparing to lockdown for a month with the Victoria state premier warning a state-wide shutdown is possible if coronavirus cases continue to rise. (Daniel Pockett/AAP Image via AP)

Sunshine State beckons for Aussie sports amid coronavirus

By DENNIS PASSA - Associated Press

New South Wales state opposition lawmaker Shaoquett Moselmane arrives at his home in Sydney, Australia June 26, 2020. Moselmane said on Monday, June 29 he was not a suspect in a police investigation into unnamed people advancing China’s goals in Australia, days after his home and office were searched by police. (Bianca De Marchi/AAP Image via AP)

Australian lawmaker says he isn’t a suspect in China probe

By ROD MCGUIRK - 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

A woman holds a sign as protesters gather in Sydney, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, to support the cause of U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd and urged their own governments to address racism and police violence. Floyd died last week after he was pinned to the pavement by a white police officer who put his knee on the handcuffed black man's neck until he stopped breathing. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Protesters in Sydney call for change in race relations

By RICK RYCROFT - Associated Press

A woman holds a sign as protesters gather in Sydney, Tuesday, June 2, 2020, to support the cause of U.S. protests over the death of George Floyd and urged their own governments to address racism and police violence. Floyd died last week after he was pinned to the pavement by a white police officer who put his knee on the handcuffed black man's neck until he stopped breathing. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia police reject comparison to US over teen’s arrest

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press