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FILE - In this Monday, Aug. 20, 2018 file photo, former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott listens to lawmakers speak in Parliament in Canberra, Australia. Prominent equality and environmental activists, including “Lord of the Rings” star Ian McKellen have urged the British government to drop plans to make former Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott a U.K. trade advisor. Prime Minister Boris Johnson’s government faced growing opposition Friday, Sept. 4, 2020 over reports it will appoint Abbott, who led a conservative Australian government between 2013 and 2015, to the U.K.’s Board of Trade. (AP Photo/Rod McGuirk, file)

UK urged to drop ex-Australia PM Abbott from trade envoy job

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Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott answers questions at a media conference before attending the parliament's question time in Canberra, in this Feb. 9, 2015. (Associated Press) ** FILE **

EDITORIAL: Tony Abbott leaves Australia with words to the wise

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott answers questions at a media conference before attending the parliament's question time Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Taylor)

Tony Abbott, Australia chief, tightens immigration laws, clamps down ‘hate preachers’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott answers questions at a media conference before attending the parliament's question time Monday, Feb. 9, 2015. (AP Photo/Andrew Taylor)

Australia thwarts terror plot tied to Islamic State; two arrested

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott and his wife Margie pay their respect to the victims of the siege in Martin Place in Sydney central business district, Australia. Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014. Abbott has laid flowers at a makeshift memorial in Sydney for the victims of a central city cafe siege which left three people dead. (Photo: Steve Christo)

Man Haron Monis, Sydney gunman, had dropped off watch list, prime minister says

By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

In this April 18, 2011, file photo, Man Haron Monis speaks to the media as he leaves the Downing Centre in Sydney after a pre-trial hearing where he is accused of sending offending letters to the families of soldiers killed in Afghanistan. Monis, the gunman in the 16-hour-long siege at the Lindt Cafe in downtown Sydney, was killed Tuesday, Dec. 16, 2014, in a police operation to rescue the people he was holding hostage. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Dean Lewins)

Horror over deadly Sydney siege turns to anger

By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott , right, walks with father Michael Alcock before the funeral of Australian cricketer Phil Hughes in Macksville, Australia, Wednesday, Dec. 3, 2014. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith) ** FILE **

Sydney gunman demands chat with Prime Minister Tony Abbott: report

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

Armed police stand at the ready close to a cafe under siege at Martin Place in the central business district of Sydney, Australia, Monday, Dec. 15, 2014. A hostage situation erupted inside a chocolate shop and cafe in Australia's largest city on Monday, with the nation's prime minister saying it may be "politically motivated." Television footage shot through the cafe's windows showed several people with their arms in the air and hands pressed against the glass, and two people holding up what appeared to be a black flag with white Arabic writing on it. (AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Hostages held in Sydney, Australia cafe; black flag with Arabic writing displayed

By Kristen Gelineau - Associated Press

Australia closer to temporary visas for refugees

By Rod McGuirk - Associated Press

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CARTER & HARRIS: President Obama’s global-warming propaganda Down Under

By Bob Carter and Tom Harris

A forensic officer documents objects including a blanket at the scene of a fatal shooting at Endeavour Hills Police Station in Melbourne, Wednesday, Sept. 24, 2014. A suspected terrorist was shot dead and two counterterrorism police were stabbed Tuesday in a confrontation in Australia’s second largest city that some experts suspect is inspired by the Islamic State group’s call to supporters to wage terror in their home countries. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Julian Smith) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAUPAU NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVING

Australian police shoot suspected terrorist dead

By Rod McGuirk - 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)

EDITORIAL: ‘Compelling need’ for a gun in D.C.

By THE WASHINGTON TIMES

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 police thwart Islamic State beheadings plot, conduct massive raid

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

A police officer searches a house in Mount Gravatt, Brisbane, Australia, Thursday, Sept. 18, 2014. Australian police detained 15 people on Thursday in a major counterterrorism operation, saying intelligence indicated a random, violent attack was being planned on Australian soil. (AP Photo/AAP Image, Dave Hunt) AUSTRALIA OUT, NEW ZEALAND OUT, PAPUA NEW GUINEA OUT, SOUTH PACIFIC OUT, NO SALES, NO ARCHIVES

Australian leader warns of planned attack

By Kristen Gelineau - 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

Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott speaks during a national memorial service for the victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 at St Patrick&#8217;s Cathedral in Melbourne, Australia Thursday, Aug. 7, 2014. Abbott said on Thursday those responsible for shooting down the Malaysian airliner over Ukraine will face judgment, as his nation marked a day of mourning for the 38 Australian citizens and residents who died in the crash. (AP Photo/Graham Denholm, Pool)

TAUBE: Up and coming conservative leadership Down Under

By Michael Taube

** FILE ** Australia's Prime Minister Tony Abbott sings a hymn during a Mass at St. Mary's Cathedral commemorating victims of Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 in Sydney, Australia, Sunday, July 20, 2014.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith)

Australian P.M. Abbott: MH17 evidence tampered with on ‘industrial scale’

By Cheryl K. Chumley - The Washington Times

In this Feb. 26, 2013 file photo, Australian billionaire Clive Palmer speaks during a news conference in New York, about his intention to build the Titanic II. Palmer is a larger-than-life Australian multimillionaire whose headline-grabbing projects include building a replica of the Titanic and a Jurassic Park-style collection of 160 mechanized dinosaurs. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

Aussie millionaire primes for political spotlight

By ROD McGUIRK - Associated Press

Crew onboard a Royal Malaysian Air Force C-130 Hercules unloads the aircraft after it landed at RAAF Base Pearce to to help with the search for debris or wreckage of the missing Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 in Perth, Australia, Saturday, March 29, 2014.(AP Photo/Rob Griffith, Pool)

Black box detector to join Malaysian jet search

By ROB GRIFFITH and GILLIAN WONG - Associated Press