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Rural Fire Service crew engage in property protection of a number of homes along the Old Hume Highway near the town of Tahmoor, New South Wales, as the Green Wattle Creek Fire threatens a number of communities in the southwest of Sydney, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2019. Australia's most populous state of New South Wales declared a seven-day state of emergency Thursday as oppressive conditions fanned around 100 wildfires. (Dean Lewins/AAP Images via AP)

2 firefighters die, 3 hurt as wildfires ravage Australia

By TRISTAN LAVALETTE - Associated Press

Firefighters keep an eye on the slow-moving fire near Mangrove Mountain, north of Sydney, Tuesday, Dec. 10, 2019. Hot dry conditions have brought an early start to the fire season. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Australia’s most populous state declares wildfire emergency

By Tristan Lavalette - Associated Press

In Monday, Nov. 11, 2019, photo, firefighters work on a controlled burn in Koorainghat, New South Wales state, Australia. Hundreds of schools remained closed across Australia's most populous state on Tuesday, Nov. 12, and residents were urged to evacuate woodlands for the relative safety of city centers as authorities braced for extreme fire danger. (Darren Pateman/AAP Images via AP)

Winds fan ferocious fires in Australia’s most populous state

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

Australian-Lebanese dual citizen Amer Khayyat stands as he holds his Australian passport, after his release from prison in Roumieh, east of Beirut, Lebanon, Friday, Sept. 20, 2019. Lebanese authorities have released the Lebanese -Australian who had been detained in Lebanon for more than two years after he was found innocent in an alleged plot to bring down a passenger plane bound for the United Arab Emirates from Sydney. (AP Photo/Bilal Hussein)

Australian-Lebanese jailed on Sydney bomb plot set free

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Deb Ware sits for a photo in the room of her home where her son Sam had been staying periodically for the past three years while battling an opioid addiction, in Fountaindale, Central Coast, Australia, Thursday, July 18, 2019. For three years, Deb has battled to save Sam's life, a lonely war against a system that made pharmaceutical opioids cheap and easy to get, in a country that has quietly endured what was once thought to be a uniquely American crisis of skyrocketing opioid addiction and deaths. (AP Photo/David Goldman)

Son’s opioid addiction subjects mom to goodbye after goodbye

By KRISTEN GELINEAU - Associated Press

A women is taken by ambulance from Hotel CBD at the corner of King and York Street in Sydney, Australia Tuesday, Aug. 13, 2019. Police and witnesses say a young man yelling about religion and armed with a knife has attempted to stab several people in downtown Sydney before being arrested, with one woman taken to a hospital. (Dean Lewins/AAP Image via AP)

Man accused of killing woman and wounding another in Sydney

By TREVOR MARSHALLSEA - Associated Press

Siblings vie for honor of favorite camp counselor

By JESSICA VALERIANI - Associated Press

Passengers from an Australia-bound Air Canada flight diverted to Honolulu Thursday, July 11, 2019, after about 35 people were injured during turbulence, stand in line at the Air Canada counter at Daniel K. Inouye International Airport to rebook flights. Air Canada said the flight from Vancouver to Sydney encountered &quot;un-forecasted and sudden turbulence,&quot; about two hours past Hawaii when the plane diverted to Honolulu. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

Turbulence injures dozens on Air Canada flight to Australia

By JENNIFER SINCO KELLEHER and CALEB JONES - Associated Press

Andrew Szucs, right, who was on the Air Canada flight that made an emergency landing, waits for assistance at the Air Canada desk, Thursday, July 11, 2019 at Honolulu's international airport. Intense turbulence struck an Air Canada flight to Australia on Thursday and sent unbuckled passengers flying into the ceiling, leaving about 35 people with minor injuries and forcing the plane to land in Hawaii. (AP Photo/Caleb Jones)

The Latest: Air Canada cabin bloody after turbulence

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Australian police arrest 3 over alleged Sydney terror plot

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

FILE - In this June 5, 2019, file image made from video, Australia's Federal Police, top, enter the Australian Broadcasting Corporation, the national public broadcaster, during a raid on their offices in Sydney, Australia. Australia's three largest media organizations have joined forces to demand press freedom law reforms that would prevent journalists from risking prison for doing their job. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP, File)

Australia media demand press freedom law reforms after raids

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this image made from video, Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison holds a press conference Monday, June 24, 2019, in Perth, Australia. Morrison says eight Australian offspring of two slain Islamic State group fighters have been removed from Syria in Australia’s first organized repatriation from the conflict zone. (Australian Broadcasting Corporation via AP)

Australia repatriating 8 youth from Islamic State families

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Woman accused of Chile kidnaps asks for bail in Sydney court

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Geoffrey Rush awarded $2 million in Sydney defamation case

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Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks to party supporters after his opponent concedes defeat in the federal election in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, May 19, 2019. Australia's ruling conservative coalition, lead by Morrison, won a surprise victory in the country's general election, defying opinion polls that had tipped the center-left opposition party to oust it from power and promising an end to the revolving door of national leaders. (AP Photo/Rick Rycroft)

Scott Morrison thanks Australia for surprise election victory

By Trevor Marshallsea - Associated Press

Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison, right, eats a blueberry during a visit to markets in Sydney, Thursday, May 16, 2019. A federal election will be held in Australian on Saturday May 18, 2019. (Mick Tsikas/AAP Image via AP)

Political hero’s death overshadows Australian campaign

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Australia PM: Islamic State orphans face hurdles to return

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

In this November, 2018 photo provided by Sail GP, Taylor Canfield, second from left with shades, is seen competing in Whangerai, New Zealand. Canfield of the America's Cup challenger Stars &amp; Stripes Team USA has joined the U.S. team in the fledgling SailGP league just two weeks before the inaugural regatta in Sydney, Australia. (Matt Knighton/SailGP via AP)

America’s Cup helmsman Canfield joins US SailGP Team

By BERNIE WILSON - Associated Press

In this photo taken on Wednesday, Oct. 31, 2018, police officers stand over the covered body of Greek-Australian John Macris who was shot dead outside his house in southern Athens. Police are investigating the shooting death of a 46-year-old Greek-Australian who was gunned down outside his home in a seaside suburb of Athens. An autopsy on the body of John Macris was to be carried out Thursday. (Giorgos Kontarinis/Eurokinissi via AP)

Greek police investigate killing of Greek-Australian man

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Britain's Prince Harry and Meghan, Duchess of Sussex attend a community picnic at Victoria Park in Dubbo, Australia, Wednesday, Oct. 17, 2018. Prince Harry and his wife Meghan are on day two of their 16-day tour of Australia and the South Pacific. (Ian Vogler/Pool via AP)

Harry and Meghan bring rain to drought-stricken Outback town

By Kirsty Wigglesworth and Rod McGuirk - Associated Press