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China congratulates Australia’s new PM after three-year freeze in ties
May 24, 2022 09:40China has congratulated newly-elected Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, ending three-year freeze in diplomatic contact between the two countries.
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Australia's Anthony Albanese sworn in as new PM ahead of Quad summit
May 23, 2022 15:04Anthony Albanese, who defeated Scott Morrison's conservative party in a tightly-contested election on Saturday, has been sworn in as Australia's new prime minister.
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Australian PM-elect Albanese vows to repair Canberra’s image overseas
May 22, 2022 15:19Australia’s incoming Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has vowed to mend Canberra’s relations with the world and sweep aside the country’s reputation as a climate laggard.
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Morrison concedes defeat in Australia election, ending 9 years of conservative rule
May 21, 2022 16:51Australia’s prime minister Scott Morrison conceded defeat in the country’s general election on Saturday, ending almost a decade of conservative rule.
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Main parties losing ground as Australians wait for election results
May 21, 2022 11:12Polls are now closed across Australia, with early counting in the eastern states showing a possible mixed result in the federal election.
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‘Devastating’: 91% of reefs surveyed on Great Barrier Reef affected by coral bleaching in 2022
May 13, 2022 09:35Bleaching occurs when the coral becomes stressed from above-average water temperatures. The coral animal expels the photosynthetic algae that lives inside it and provides the coral with food and its colour. Report reveals extent of sixth mass bleaching event with worst-affected reefs between Cape Tribulation and Whitsundays.
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China’s building of military base in Solomon ‘fake news’ by Australia: Beijing
Apr 26, 2022 05:41Beijing says China’s building a military base in the Solomon Islands is ‘fake news’ made up by Australia, and that such attempts are aimed at undermining relationships between countries.
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US, Australia scramble to head off China pact with Solomon Islands
Apr 20, 2022 06:53The US is dispatching two senior officials to the Solomon Islands after a visit to the South Pacific nation by an Australian minister in bids to block a security pact it has signed with China.
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China says Australia must stay away from confrontation over Solomon Islands
Apr 13, 2022 16:54China has called on Australia to refrain from confrontation in the Pacific region in the wake of a trip by an Australian minister to the Solomon Islands aimed at discouraging officials there from signing a security pact with Beijing.
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Australia's minister arrives in Solomon Islands to lobby against security pact with China
Apr 13, 2022 09:25An Australian government minister has arrived in the Solomon Islands to pressure officials in the sovereign country not to sign a security pact with China.