Australians abroad
Why so many of Bali’s foreign visitors don’t – or won’t – pay its modest tourist levy
Scepticism of scams, tightness and a sense of entitlement play their part, but that’s not the main problem.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
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‘Living a nightmare’: Family speaks out after Australians killed in Philippines
The family of an Australian couple killed in their Philippines hotel room have spoken out as police hunt for a man captured on CCTV.
- by Jessica McSweeney
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Philippines
Masked man captured on CCTV leaving Philippines hotel room of two dead Australians
Two Australians and their Filipina companion have been found dead, with their hands and feet tied, inside a hotel in a popular resort city.
- by Jim Gomez
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Michael McCormack
Australian executive found unconscious in California street
Colin Bettles was found with severe injuries on a San Francisco street and was in the intensive care unit for days before his family tracked him down.
- by Jessica McSweeney
How Ornella’s ‘very expensive education’ in Sydney pushed her to build a school across the Timor Sea
At the age of 14, Ornella Byak had an encounter that shaped the course of her life.
- by Lia Timson
Seventy years on, Oxford pub pays tribute to Bob Hawke’s legendary skol
Australia’s longest-serving Labor prime minister was a Rhodes scholar at Oxford between 1953 and 1956. In 1954, he drank a yard of ale.
- by Rob Harris
Australian among 14 convicted in Hong Kong under national security law
It’s the former British colony’s biggest national security case under a law imposed by Beijing that has all but wiped out public dissent.
- by Lisa Visentin
NRL star’s father accused of being at ‘centre’ of failed drug smuggling attempt
Authorities in Indonesia say the Australian must face justice there, where such crimes can attract the death penalty.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Adelaide woman injured during horror flight has no feeling below the waist
Almost half the 211 passengers on Singapore Airlines flight 321 were injured in what has become one of the most serious turbulence events in modern aviation history.Â
- by Zach Hope
‘We were fish in a barrel’: West Australian man recalls being shot by ISIS
A WA adventure tourist targeted in a deadly shooting in central Afghanistan thought he would die after coming face to face with an ISIS gunman.
- by Aaron Bunch
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Aviation
Australian injured in Singapore Airlines flight speaks from hospital
Keith Davis spoke a day after staff surrounded him in a hospital cafe when it became apparent he was about to talk to the media.
- by Zach Hope and Jessica McSweeney