This Month
Wong’s Asia push; BCG admits to bribes; Banks’ golden goose at risk
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
It’s Asia’s answer to Burning Man. And why not buy a villa, too?
Meet the Russian tech multimillionaire who’s building a 44-hectare playground for adults in Bali.
- Emma Rapaport
July
Santos takeover talks; What will Keir Starmer do?; Trophy home record
Read everything that’s happened in the news so far today.
June
Great escapes: Solo kayaking along Bali’s northern coastline
The writer sets off on an odyssey through tranquil waters in a part of the world that will one day be reclaimed for an international airport.
- Ian Neubauer
Fuel issue fixed after flight chaos but delays remain
Chaos has erupted at Perth Airport as more than a dozen flights have been cancelled due to a significant fuel supply issue plaguing the site.
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- Savannah Meacham
May
Musk in Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service
The billionaire head of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of social platform X to launch the service alongside outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
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- Firdia Lisnawati and Niniek Karmini
February
Five reasons why the Indonesian election matters to Australia
From the spectre of an Indonesian Donald Trump to the birth of a political dynasty; here’s what you should know about the February 14 election.
- Emma Connors
January
Qantas and Virgin face off over rights to lucrative Bali flights
Qantas says its Jetstar subsidiary is significantly cheaper than its rival, but Virgin is concerned that the flag carrier’s dominance will only increase.
- Ayesha de Kretser
December 2023
Sydney Airport warns Qantas could jack up fares to Bali
Australia’s busiest airport says a code-share arrangement would give Qantas, Jetstar and Garuda nearly two-thirds of flights between Australia and Indonesia.
- Ayesha de Kretser
November 2023
- Opinion
- China relations
Three ways the Biden-Xi summit can help the world
This week’s meeting must produce tangible, practical and symbolic improvements in relations between China and the US.
- Stephen Roach
Biden to press Xi on return to military dialogue
This week’s long-anticipated meeting between the two leaders is designed to stabilise ties between China and the US.
- Jenny Leonard
- Opinion
- China relations
PM’s China trip cements new era for ties
Five decades after Whitlam’s historic visit, Albanese is marking another crucial moment for the relationship.
- Xiao Qian
September 2023
‘Maybe charge me for being an idiot’: SEC hunts Aussie banker
Andrew Waters, accused of defrauding American investors then fleeing the country, blames a former Trump adviser for his troubles.
- Primrose Riordan
- Analysis
- G20 summit
Xi Jinping’s absence challenges G20’s status as global leadership forum
The no-show is a blow to host Narendra Modi, and it also shakes the stature of the G20 as the pre-eminent global leadership forum, amid deep fissures between its members.
- Henry Foy, James Politi, John Reed and Joe Leahy
August 2023
- Opinion
- Soft commodities
India key in recipe to avoid global food crisis
Rice and wheat shortages now threaten a world food emergency to rival the last one in 2007–08
- Peter Timmer
June 2023
Australian joint venture leads foreign push into Indonesia’s hospitals
A joint venture controlled by Canberra-based multinational Aspen Medical and Docta of Sydney has kicked off a 20-year building spree.
- Emma Connors
April 2023
Bali is overrun by influencers. Locals are fighting back
The island is a magnet for twenty-something digital nomads, life coaches and wellnesspreneurs, but their welcome has grown thin.
- Jenny Valentish
March 2023
Is the just-opened $335m Capella Sydney’s most beautiful hotel?
It’s been seven years in the making, now the old Education Department sandstone building off Bridge Street, near Circular Quay, has finally opened as a five-star hotel.
- Fiona Carruthers
- Opinion
- Food
Full-blown global food crisis averted through co-operation
Without downplaying hunger in some countries, it is important to recognise how much was avoided by informed and vigorous public action on food security, especially in Asia.
- Peter Timmer
January 2023
‘I’m sorry. We’re from Moscow.’ In Bali, warring sides live together
Thousands of Russians and Ukrainians have fled their homelands for Bali. But even in a tropical paradise, the war is ever-present.
- Sui-Lee Wee and Nyimas Laula