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Tour boats anchored at Nusa Penida, a top snorkelling destination in Bali.

‘I was panicking’: How a bucket-list trip to paradise turned into tragedy

Holly and Josie were excited to have scored the final two seats on a snorkelling boat as they left their Bali hostel and headed to the port that morning. But what happened once onboard would leave them traumatised.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa

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A passenger on the snorkelling boat that capsized off Bali, killing Australian tourist Anna Blight, has recounted horrifying details of the tragedy, including how her seven-year-old daughter became trapped underneath the overturned vessel.

Heartbreaking wish of little girl trapped under capsized Bali boat with Australian victim

A passenger on the snorkelling boat that flipped in rough seas has recounted horrifying details of the tragedy, including how her badly injured daughter has been left traumatised by the death of Australian tourist Anna Blight.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Anna Blight was killed when a snorkelling boat capsized off Bali.

Bali boat tragedy victim remembered for her ‘passion and kindness’

Anna Blight, who is believed to have become trapped under a capsized tour vessel, has been remembered for her “generosity and integrity” and as a true friend.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Klungkung District Police released this image of the capsized boat in the waters off Nusa Penida.

Australian tourist killed and injured in Bali snorkelling boat capsize

Despite attempts by the captain to control the boat, it was hit by multiple waves before capsizing.

  • Ben Cubby, Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Essendon premiership player Ricky Olarenshaw and his wife, Sarnanitha, in 2023.

Olarenshaw’s wife found guilty of allowing ‘pornography services’

In a bad day for purveyors and partakers in Bali’s raunchy massage scene, two other Australians were also found guilty on the charges in separate cases.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
A video has emerged of Australian soldier Oscar Jenkins who was captured while fighting in defence of Ukraine.

Questions over what awaits Australian after Briton jailed for 19 years in Russia

Australian officials are working with Ukraine and the Red Cross to push for consular access to Oscar Jenkins.

  • Rob Harris
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Russian custom officers seized a Harry Winston ring made of 95 per cent platinum and with a six-carat diamond. Its value was estimated at more than 22 million rubles ($400,000).

Australian faces jail in Russia over $400,000 engagement ring

The 60-year-old man said the ring was for his fiancee when customs officers found it in his backpack.

  • Rob Harris
Sydney man Mohamed Rifai being led to a press conference in Bali on Thursday.

Accused Australian brawler paraded in Bali alongside his bouncer foes

Tourist Mohamed Rifai, from south-west Sydney, faces up to five years in jail over a fight outside a Bali beach club. The security guards face even longer.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Matthew Radalj, 39, spent nearly 5 years in jail in China following what he says was an extortion attempt at an electronics store where he had taken his yellow iphone to be repaired.

Matthew went to get his iPhone fixed – and spent the next five years in a Beijing jail

An Australian man says an extortion attempt at an electronics repair store landed him in prison, where he was forced to confess to stealing his own phone.

  • Lisa Visentin
Adelaide homeowner Daniel Emery moved to Germany to be with his girlfriend Sarah and went back to renting.

Daniel achieved the Great Australian Dream. Then he found something better

The 32-year-old software engineer is amazed by the freedoms enjoyed by tenants in Germany.

  • Caroline Zielinski

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