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  • A man walks his dog around Lake Burley Griffin, the High Court of Australia (L)  and the National Library of Australia (R) in Canberra, Australia, September 17, 2017.     REUTERS/Jason Reed
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  • Ben Roberts-Smith arrives at the Federal Court of Australia in Sydney, Australia on June 9, 2021. Ben Roberts-Smith is suing three Fairfax newspapers for defamation over reports he committed war crimes while serving in the Australian Special Air Services in Afghanistan.
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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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  • Vape pens are pictured on a counter at a vape store, in Melbourne, Australia, May 2, 2023.  REUTERS/Sandra Sanders
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  • Elon Musk, owner of X, speaks at the Milken Institute's Global Conference at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on May 6, 2024.
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  • Qantas Airways CEO Vanessa Hudson announces half-yearly earnings in an aircraft hanger at Sydney's Kingsford Smith airport in February 2024.
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  • Cows walk through a field during a cattle drive at a farm in Gunnedah, New South Wales, Australia, on Thursday, May 28, 2020. A growing number of Australia's primary producers are mulling the potential for a further tightening of restrictions on Australia's agricultural exports by China. Two thirds of Australias farm production is exported, with almost one third of this, 28%, going to China, including 18% of Australia's total beef production, according to Australia's National Farmers' Federation. Photographer: David Gray/Bloomberg via Getty Images
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