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New Zealand national Leeza Ormsby formally questioned by Bali police and could be detained for 40 days without charge ...

There will be ‘sanctions’ if the show violates parole conditions, says Bali official ...

$3m pledged by Labor cancelled in move conservationists say is ‘devastating’ to the 100 rhinos still believed to be in the wild Helen Davidson ...

Seven to broadcast programme that will show Corby’s reaction to freedom but will feature an interview only with sister Mercedes Amanda Meade ...

s national disaster management agency (BNPB). "It's a big challenge for the local and central governments." Indonesia straddles the Pacific ring of fire, an arc of volcanoes and tectonic fault lines encircling the ocean. Ruswandi says each province has its own disaster management agency but levels of preparedness vary. "In East Java where Mount Kelud is, the level of preparedness is good," he said....

t a snuff movie, it tells one of modern history's most important stories – a genocide where the perpetrators 'won', and continue to live as national heroes For more than a year I have been presenting my film, The Act of Killing , to audiences around the world. The documentary investigates how 500,000 Indonesians were murdered in the 1950s and 60s , at the hands of a government that is still in power....

Move comes after AFP searched the network’s Sydney offices over expected interview with convicted drug smuggler ...

Undisclosed number of disposable lifeboats purchased by piggybacking on existing government contracts, senators told ...

Scott Morrison refuses to confirm orange lifeboat with 26 asylum seekers on board were turned back by Australia ...

AFP says Sydney raid was justified because it suspected Seven held other documents relevant to the proceeds of crime matter Daniel Hurst ...

Dozens of the critically endangered animals have been killed on Indonesian island in recent years Seven Sumatran elephants have been found dead in western Indonesia and it is thought they were poisoned, a wildlife official said on Monday. Dozens of the critically endangered animals have died after being poisoned in recent years on Sumatra as the creatures come into conflict with humans due to the...

m a doc obsessive. By my own, not quite reliable reckoning, I've been asked by fans to show The Act of Killing on the BBC at least five times. I've never encountered a film greeted by such extreme responses – both those who say it is among the best films and those who tell me how much they hate it. Much about the film puzzles me. I am still surprised by the fact that so many critics listed it among...

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Navy and customs review finds that miscalculations by crews resulted in the controversial incursions Lenore Taylor ...

s has caved in to public pressure and agreed to buy palm oil only from suppliers who can prove that they actively protect rainforests and peatlands and respect human rights. The move, which follows intense pressure from consumer groups around the world, is expected to improve the survival chances of highly endangered animals like the Sumatran tiger and the orangutan in southeast Asia, as well as provide...

s body recovered as dive tutor Saori Furukawa tells of sea 'like washing machine' and three-day ordeal One of the five Japanese scuba divers who were rescued after spending three days stranded on a reef off the coast of Bali has described how the group survived by drinking from coconuts after a sudden storm turned the sea into a violent whirlpool. Saori Furukawa, 37, a Bali-based diving instructor,...

Account of how Australian navy entered sovereign waters will come out after opposition spokesman has been briefed ...

Search of Sydney offices was ‘without justification’, says network boss, as he denies doing any deal with drug smuggler Amanda Meade Michael Safi ...

Foreign minister Marty Natalegawa says there must be no more surprises if the talks to heal espionage rift are to succeed ...

t approach them." The fate of two other female divers remains unknown. Suarsika identified one of the five rescued divers as Saori Furukawa, one of two locally based Japanese instructors who were accompanying five tourists when they disappeared during a scuba diving excursion off the island of Nusa Lembongan, just east of Bali, on Friday afternoon. Japanese consular officials said they were trying...