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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese speaks after winning a second term as Prime Minister in Sydney, on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
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Australia's Prime Minister Anthony Albanese celebrates with his partner Jodie Haydon, son Nathan Albanese and Australia's Foreign Minister Penny Wong after winning the general election at the Labor Party election night event in Sydney on May 3.
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Australia’s center-left Labor Party retains power in vote seen as test of anti-Trump sentiment
A man takes a photo of a fellow voter as they prepare to vote in the general election at a polling centre in the Bondi Surf Bathers Life Saving Club in Sydney on Saturday.
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An artist’s impression of Kryroryctes at Dinosaur Cove, Victoria.
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Liberal Party leader Peter Dutton speaks to the media after attending Mass at Saint Mary's Cathedral in Sydney, Australia, on April 22.
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Erin Patterson’s legal team depart the Latrobe Valley Magistrates Court in Morwell, Victoria, Tuesday, April 29, 2025.
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After 529 days roaming Kangaroo Island, off South Australia, Valerie, seen here in a photo from before her disappearance, was finally cornered.
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Smelly T-shirt played a key role in catching Valerie, the dog lost for 529 days
Gout Gout broke the 20-second barrier as he won the men's 200m title at the Australian Athletic Championships.
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Teenage phenom Gout Gout breaks 20-second barrier in 200m, wins Australian title
A Jetstar passenger plane prepares for take-off at the I Gusti Ngurah Rai International Airport in Denpasar on Indonesia's resort island of Bali on May 13, 2023.
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Flight turns around after passenger tries to force plane door open over Indian Ocean
Min Woo Lee is on the brink of winning his first PGA Tour title.
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Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese arrives at a polling station in the suburb of Box Hill North in in Melbourne, Australia, on Saturday, May 3, 2025.
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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - MAY 18: McDonald's Fawkner is seen re-opened on May 18, 2020 in Melbourne, Australia. McDonald's has closed 12 restaurants across Melbourne for deep cleaning after an external delivery driver tested positive for COVID-19. The precautionary decision to close the stores was made after a truck driver delivering supplies to the restaurants while asymptomatic later tested positive for coronavirus. All staff have been asked to self isolate not to return to work for 14 days. The restaurant closures come after the closure of the Fawkner and Craigieburn McDonald's restaurants due to COVID-19 cluster outbreak last week. (Photo by Daniel Pockett/Getty Images)
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McDonald’s shortens breakfast time in Australia as bird flu causes egg shortage
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