カテゴリー: Bali
Perth man dead after altercation in South Kuta barGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Indonesian man has been arrested and police say will be charged with murder after the death of an Australian man in a Bali bar…
Perth man, who worked for Rio Tinto, dead after altercation in South Kuta barFollow our Australia news live blog for the latest updatesGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastAn Indonesian man has been charged with murd…
The Boeing 787 was more than four hours into the flight when it was denied permission to land and forced to return to MelbourneGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastA Jetstar flight from Melbourne to Bali was forced t…
Island’s governor Wayan Koster says visitors ‘would not need to worry’ about changes to the country’s criminal code Visitors to Bali will not be put at risk by Indonesia’s newly ratified criminal code, the island’s governor said, dismissing concerns th…
Residents voice concerns over whether changes to Indonesia’s criminal code will hit the island’s vital tourism sectorAs the sun rose over Canggu, one of Bali’s most popular beach fronts, the mood on Wednesday felt calm. Like any other day in paradise, …
Extremist was jailed 10 years ago over role in 2002 attacks, which killed more than 200 peopleOne of the bomb makers in the 2002 Bali attacks that killed more than 200 people has been released on parole, despite the opposition of Australia’s prime mini…
Foreign arrivals slowly return, but cost of living pressures and China’s zero-Covid policy weigh on visitor numbersMari Kishigawa’s family have been in the tourism business for decades. In the remote Pacific country of Palau, on an even more remote arc…
French president believes China can help push Russia to de-escalate Ukraine warRussia-Ukraine war – latest news updatesThe French president, Emmanuel Macron, has said he intends to visit Beijing in the new year and believes his Chinese counterpart, Xi …
From Xi Jinping’s first international appearance in three years to leaders snubbing Russia, here are the significant momentsThe G20 meeting in Bali signalled Xi Jinping’s emergence from three years of self-imposed pandemic isolation, with the French pr…
Despite Vladimir Putin saying he will not be at summit, attendees do not want to pose alongside deputy Sergei LavrovWorld leaders will not take part in an official “family photo” when they meet at the G20 in Bali next week because of widespread discomf…
Kevin Paltridge will remember his 20-year-old son at a Perth dawn service made harder by news of the imminent release of a perpetrator of the 2002 attacksGet our free news app, morning email briefing or daily news podcastWhen Kevin Paltridge’s son Core…
Ahead of his expected early release, Umar Patek takes part in an interview from prison, saying he hopes to deter millennials from the ‘radicalism virus’Bali bomb maker Umar Patek has claimed it was a “mistake” to become involved in the 2002 attacks tha…
Early release of ex-member of terror group linked to al-Qaida will cause distress for bereaved, says Australian PMUmar Patek, the bomb maker who helped assemble the devices used in the 2002 bombing in Bali, could walk free early from prison this year.T…
The pandemic has prompted a rethink of tourism’s role on the island as some call for only ‘quality’ visitorsAfter being shuttered for 17 months, the upmarket Hujan Locale restaurant in the Balinese town of Ubud is slowly coming back to life.Outside, st…
The trio are serving life sentences but prison governors have sent glowing reports of their behaviourThree members of Australia’s Bali Nine, who have served 16 years behind bars, should be forgiven and allowed to walk free one day, prison and justice m…