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Malcolm Turnbull will be the country's fourth prime minister in just over two years, part of a recent Australian political tradition of swiftly removing failing leaders.

Malcolm Turnbull, 60, beat long-time rival Tony Abbott 54-44 in a sudden ballot among the Liberal Party which heads the ruling coalition.

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Australia will accept more refugees from camps bordering Syria and Iraq and "is open" to providing more financial assistance, Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Sunday.

Malaysia's High Commissioner to Australia Datuk Zainal Abidin Ahmad was among the dignitaries and families gathered at Parliament House in Canberra on Friday.

An independent Australian senator has threatened to intimidate Prime Minister Tony Abbott, if he does not limit coal-seam gas exploration.

Tony Abbott refused again to deny allegations an official paid thousands of dollars to turn back a boatload of asylum-seekers, despite calls from Indonesia for answers.

Indonesia on Saturday demanded answers from Australia over allegations an official paid thousands of dollars to turn back a boat of asylum-seekers, saying such a development would mark a "new low".

Indonesia demanded answers from Canberra over claims Australian officials paid thousands of dollars to turn a boat back to Indonesia after Prime Minister Tony Abbott refused to deny the allegations.

Australia has commended Malaysia's efforts in tackling terrorism via the two Acts (POTA and SMATA)which were passed by Parliament recently.

Australia PM Tony Abbott defended his decision to send Australia's ambassador back to Jakarta, following a six-week absence in protest at the execution of two drug smugglers.

Australian PM Tony Abbott promised a "full and frank" debate on gay marriage in response to an opposition-backed push for reform, but said the issue was not a priority for his government.

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Gordon Ramsay says about 477 Japanese cat models called maneki-neko were stolen from his Lucky Cat 22 Bishopsgate restaurant.

So far, 20 prosecution witnesses, including the two children, have been called for this trial, according to the Deputy Public Prosecutor.

Emmanuel Macron says showing any weakness to Russia's Vladimir Putin would make it harder to deal with China and Iran.

Netanyahu accuse Hamas of acting "in an unspeakably cynical manner" by placing body of a Gaza woman in the coffin instead of Shiri Bibas.

The US is a co-chair along with Malaysia of a working group on climate mitigation, or ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The group hopes Tesla will invest strategically, believing it's interested in acquiring Nissan's US plants, the report says.

The children have been handed over to their families on bond with conditions by the court.

The move will eliminate roughly 6% of the agency's workforce in the midst of the busy tax-filing season.

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