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Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison arrives to address a press conference at the Parliament House in Canberra on April 11, 2019. - Australia's Prime Minister Scott Morrison on Thursday called a national election for May 18, firing the starting gun on a campaign set to focus heavily on climate and the economy. The vote will decide whether the conservative government gets a rare third term in office -- and whether Morrison can beat the odds and hang on to power. (Photo by SEAN DAVEY / AFP) (Photo credit should read SEAN DAVEY/AFP/Getty Images)

Australia may elect its seventh leader in just over a decade as election called

Former immigration minister Peter Dutton at Parliament House on April 04, 2019 in Canberra, Australia. (Photo by Tracey Nearmy/Getty Images)

Why Chinese influence is unlikely to be a hot topic in the next Australian election

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This Alphabet-owned company is delivering espresso via drone in Australia

The Wynn hotel and casino in Las Vegas.

Wynn Resorts abandons $7 billion play for Australia's Crown Resorts

Boeing will report first quarter deliveries on Tuesday.

US threatens EU with tariffs; Boeing deliveries; Wynn's big bet on Australia

Convicted double murderer Damien Peters, seen in a photo released by New South Wales Police.

Convicted murderer who dismembered two of his lovers recaptured in Sydney

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Animal rights protesters block the intersections of Flinders and Swanston Street during a demonstration in Melbourne, Australia, 08 April 2019. Animal rights protesters are blocking a CBD intersection while south east of Melbourne, others have chained themselves to a truck.
Nationwide animal rights protests in Australia, Melbourne - 08 Apr 2019

Australia animal activists shut down streets and storm slaughterhouses

TOPSHOT - A lit sign is seen at the entrance to Facebook's corporate headquarters location in Menlo Park, California on March 21, 2018.
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg vowed on March 21 to "step up" to fix problems at the social media giant, as it fights a snowballing scandal over the hijacking of personal data from millions of its users. / AFP PHOTO / JOSH EDELSON (Photo credit should read JOSH EDELSON/AFP/Getty Images)

Governments are rushing to regulate the internet. Users could end up paying the price

Australian physicist Eric Burhop (1911 - 1980), secretary to the Atomic Scientists' Committee of the Association of Scientific Workers, with his family at their home in Surbiton, London, 22nd July 1951. Burhop's passport has been cancelled by the British government due to his plans to travel to the Soviet Union. He is pictured with his wife Winifred and children (left to right) Graham, Annalise and Ian. (Photo by Fred Ramage/Keystone/Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

Peace activist or atomic spy? The curious case of a Cold War nuclear scientist

Mourners embrace following a burial ceremony at Memorial Park Cemetery in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 22, 2019. Funerals continued following the Friday, March 15 mosque attacks where 50 worshippers were killed by a white supremacist. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

New Zealand shooting suspect appears in court

Turtle swims over bleached coral at Heron Island on the Great Barrier Reef February 2016 - 27/02/2016

'Dead corals don't make babies': Great Barrier Reef losing its ability to recover from bleaching

Women react as the New Zealand national anthem is sung during a national remembrance service in Hagley Park for the victims of the March 15 mosque terrorist attack in Christchurch, New Zealand, Friday, March 29, 2019. (AP Photo/Mark Baker)

Australia passes law to stop spread of violent content online after Christchurch massacre

A huge mako shark caught by an Australian fisherman was half-devoured by an even bigger predator.

Fisherman catches giant shark -- just as something even bigger takes a bite

The jetski used by a fugitive apprehended in the Torres Strait.

Fugitive tries to flee Australia on jet ski. And almost reaches Papua New Guinea

SAN LORENZO, CA - JANUARY 13: Lottery balls are seen in a box at Kavanagh Liquors on January 13, 2016 in San Lorenzo, California. Dozens of people lined up outside of Kavanagh Liquors, a store that has had several multi-million dollar winners, to -purchase Powerball tickets in hopes of winning the estimated record-breaking $1.5 billion dollar jackpot. (Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images)

Australian man buys two winning lottery tickets scoring $33M windfall

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Australian Prime Minister defends gun laws after report links far-right party and NRA

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