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On 3 May, eight former Venezuelan soldiers were killed and seventeen rebels were [[Prisoner of war|captured]] on 3 May, including two American security contractors, after approximately 60 men [[Macuto Bay raid|landed in Macuto]] and tried to invade Venezuela. The members of the naval attack force were employed as [[Private military company|private military contractors]] by [[Jordan Goudreau|Silvercorp USA]] and the operation aimed to depose Maduro from power.<ref name="skybotchedplot">{{Cite web|title=Venezuela attack: Former US special forces soldier says he led botched plot to overthrow President Maduro|url=https://news.sky.com/story/venezuela-attack-former-us-special-forces-soldier-says-he-led-botched-plot-to-overthrow-president-maduro-11982836|website=Sky News|language=en|access-date=2020-05-05}}</ref>
During the [[COVID-19 pandemic in Australia|COVID-19 pandemic]], the [[National Cabinet (Australia)|National Cabinet]] was established while Australia received praise during 2020 for being one of the few Western countries to successfully suppress the virus,<ref>{{Cite news |title=Australia has almost eliminated the coronavirus — by putting faith in science |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-coronavirus-cases-melbourne-lockdown/2020/11/05/96c198b2-1cb7-11eb-ad53-4c1fda49907d_story.html |url-status=live |access-date=2021-07-16 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210531210131/https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/asia_pacific/australia-coronavirus-cases-melbourne-lockdown/2020/11/05/96c198b2-1cb7-11eb-ad53-4c1fda49907d_story.html |archive-date=31 May 2021 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref> though the slow pace of the [[COVID-19 vaccination]] rollout was criticized.<ref>{{cite web |last=Topsfield |first=Jewel |date=30 May 2021 |title=Why has the vaccine rollout been so slow? |url=https://www.smh.com.au/national/why-has-the-vaccine-rollout-been-so-slow-20210529-p57wao.html |work=The Sydney Morning Herald}}</ref> In 2021, the country joined the [[AUKUS]] security pact amid increased tensions between [[Australia–China relations|Australia and China]]<ref>{{cite web |last=Hadley |first=Erin |date=29 December 2021 |title=Australia-China relations continued to sour in 2021. What can we expect in 2022? |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-12-29/australia-china-relations-in-2022-tensions-trade-rights-olympics/100719632 |work=ABC News |access-date=30 December 2021}}</ref> The [[Morrison government]] was defeated at the [[2022 Australian federal election]], with [[Scott Morrison]] subsequently announcing he would resign as the leader of the Liberal Party.<ref>{{Cite news |date=2022-05-20 |title=Live: Morrison calls Albanese to concede electoral defeat as Labor, independents unseat Coalition |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-05-21/federal-election-live-blog-scott-morrison-anthony-albanese/101085640 |access-date=2022-05-21}}</ref>
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A [[2022 Kiribati constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]] began in [[Kiribati]] when the [[Cabinet of Kiribati]] suspended two of its [[Judge|Court Justices]]. [[Judiciary of Kiribati|High Court Judge]] [[David Lambourne]] was suspended in May 2022 while [[Judiciary of Kiribati|Chief Justice]] [[Bill Hastings (judge)|Bill Hastings]] was suspended on 30 June 2022, both over allegations of misconduct.<ref>{{Cite web |date=1 July 2022 |title=Kiribati faces constitutional crisis after government suspends both high court justices |url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/kiribati-faces-constitutional-crisis-after-government-suspends-both-high-court-justices |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812140947/https://www.theguardian.com/world/2022/jul/01/kiribati-faces-constitutional-crisis-after-government-suspends-both-high-court-justices |archive-date=12 August 2022 |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=The Guardian |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=6 July 2022 |title=Kiribati suspends its chief justice over article |url=https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/470451/kiribati-suspends-its-chief-justice-over-article |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220812140943/https://www.rnz.co.nz/international/pacific-news/470451/kiribati-suspends-its-chief-justice-over-article |archive-date=12 August 2022 |access-date=12 August 2022 |website=[[RNZ]] |language=en-nz}}</ref> A court ruling overturned the suspension and subsequent deportation of Lambourne. In response, the government suspended all judges from the [[Kiribati Court of Appeal]] on 6 September 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |title=Kiribati suspends all remaining senior judges after row over Australian justice's deportation |language=en-AU |work=ABC News |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/kiribati-suspends-court-of-appeal-judges/101407060 |url-status=live |access-date=6 September 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220906003705/https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-09-05/kiribati-suspends-court-of-appeal-judges/101407060 |archive-date=2022-09-06}}</ref>
In the [[2020 New Zealand general election]], the governing [[New Zealand Labour Party|Labour Party]], led by incumbent [[Prime Minister of New Zealand|Prime Minister]] [[Jacinda Ardern]] won the election in a [[landslide victory]] against the [[New Zealand National Party|National Party]], led by [[Judith Collins]].<ref>{{Cite news|last1=Roy|first1=Eleanor Ainge|last2=Graham-McLay|first2=Charlotte|date=2020-10-17|title=Jacinda Ardern hails 'very strong mandate' after New Zealand election landslide|language=en-GB|work=The Guardian|url=https://www.theguardian.com/world/2020/oct/17/jacinda-arderns-labour-party-set-for-victory-in-new-zealand-election|access-date=2020-10-17|issn=0261-3077}}</ref> It was the first time a New Zealand political party has secured a [[majority government]] under the [[mixed-member proportional representation]] (MMP) system introduced in 1996.<ref>{{Cite news|date=2020-10-17|title=New Zealand election: Jacinda Ardern's Labour Party scores landslide win|language=en-GB|work=BBC News|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-54519628|access-date=2020-10-17}}</ref> Labour also achieved the highest percentage of the popular vote (49.1%) for any political party since the [[1951 New Zealand general election|1951 general election]] (where the then-National Party won 54.0% of the popular vote). Labour also achieved its third-highest ever percentage of the popular vote (49.1%) in its political history, surpassed only by its previous [[Elections in New Zealand|general election]] victories of [[1938 New Zealand general election|1938]] (55.8%) and [[1946 New Zealand general election|1946]] (51.3%).{{citation needed|date=July 2021}} Conversely in this election, the National Party obtained the second-lowest ever percentage of the popular vote (26.79%) in its history, second only to the lowest percentage obtained in [[2002 New Zealand general election|2002]] (20.93%).{{citation needed|date=July 2022}}
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A [[2021 Samoan constitutional crisis|constitutional crisis]] began in [[Samoa]] on 22 May 2021 when the [[O le Ao o le Malo]] (Head of State) [[Tuimalealiʻifano Vaʻaletoʻa Sualauvi II]] issued a proclamation purporting to prevent the [[Legislative Assembly of Samoa]] from meeting in the wake of the [[2021 Samoan general election]].<ref name="SOcrisis1">{{cite web|author=Joyetter Feagaimaali'i|date=22 May 2021|title=Head of State suspends Parliament|url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/84480|access-date=22 May 2021|publisher=[[Samoa Observer]]|quote="Samoa has been thrown into a constitutional crisis"}}</ref> Court rulings had upheld the election results, giving a parliamentary majority to the [[Faʻatuatua i le Atua Samoa ua Tasi]] (FAST) party, led by [[Fiamē Naomi Mataʻafa]]. On 24 May 2021, a makeshift ceremony was held outside of Parliament to swear in Mataʻafa as [[Prime Minister of Samoa|prime minister]]. On 23 July the Court of Appeal declared that the ceremony was binding and that FAST had been the government since that date.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Court declares F.A.S.T. Government; impasse over|url=https://www.samoaobserver.ws/category/samoa/87898|access-date=2021-07-28|website=Samoa Observer}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2021-07-23|title=Samoa's political crisis ends and first female prime minister installed after court ruling|url=http://www.theguardian.com/world/2021/jul/23/samoas-political-crisis-ends-and-first-female-prime-minister-installed-after-court-ruling|access-date=2021-07-28|website=The Guardian|language=en}}</ref>
The [[2021 Solomon Islands unrest]] was a series of demonstrations and violent riots in the [[Solomon Islands]], which began on 24 November 2021. Australia responded to the unrest by deploying Australian Federal Police and Australian Defence Force personnel following a request from the Sogavare government under the [[Australia–Solomon Islands Bilateral Security Treaty]].<ref name="Andrews">{{cite press release|last=Andrews|first=Karen|date=25 November 2021|title=Joint media release - Solomon Islands|url=https://minister.homeaffairs.gov.au/KarenAndrews/Pages/joint-media-release-solomon-islands.aspx|location=Canberra|publisher=Australian Government|access-date=26 November 2021}}</ref>
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