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Labor Opposition leader Bill Shorten speaks during the Labor Campaign Launch on May 05, 2019 in Brisbane, Australia.

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MELBOURNE, AUSTRALIA - OCTOBER 27: Sausages get cooked early during the 2018 Cox Plate Day at Moonee Valley Racecourse on October 27, 2018 in Melbourne, Australia. (Photo by Michael Dodge/Getty Images)

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Plastic found on Cocos (Keeling) Island.

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SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - 1994: Bob Hawke Prime Minister of Australia (1983 - 1991) at Hawke memoirs launch in 1994 in Sydney, Australia. (Photo by Patrick Riviere/Getty Images)

Bob Hawke, former Australian prime minister, dead at 89

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(AUSTRALIA OUT) Masig Island in the Torres Strait. King tides and strong winds have caused flooding on several islands in the Torres Strait generating concerns about climate change and rising sea levels, 9 August 2006. SMH Picture by ANDREW MEARES (Photo by Fairfax Media/Fairfax Media via Getty Images)

Australian islanders file landmark climate change complaint against government

SYDNEY, AUSTRALIA - APRIL 14: Penny Wong is pictured a 2019 Federal Election Volunteer Rally in Burwood on April 14, 2019 in Sydney, Australia. The 2019 Federal Election will be held on Saturday 18 May. (Photo by Brook Mitchell/Getty Images)

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Pedestrians are reflected in the wall of the Reserve Bank of Australia in Sydney on April 2, 2019.

Australia prints 400 million banknotes with a typo

School students in Melbourne join a national day of action on May 3 to push the Australian government to prioritize its response to climate change.

Australia is being devastated by climate change. So will it swing the election?

Prime Minister Scott Morrison speaks during a press conference on November 22, 2018 in Sydney, Australia.

Woman detained by police after Australian Prime Minister Scott Morrison struck with egg

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LONDON, ENGLAND - APRIL 11: Julian Assange gestures to the media from a police vehicle on his arrival at Westminster Magistrates court on April 11, 2019 in London, England. After weeks of speculation Wikileaks founder Julian Assange was arrested by Scotland Yard Police Officers inside the Ecuadorian Embassy in Central London this morning. Ecuador's President, Lenin Moreno, withdrew Assange's Asylum after seven years citing repeated violations to international conventions. (Photo by Jack Taylor/Getty Images)

Julian Assange's legal battles have only just begun

A feral cat sitting on a sandbag barricade separating the divided Cypriot capital Nicosia on February 17, 2017.

The case against cats: Why Australia has declared war on feral felines

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