Zach Hope
Zach Hope is South-East Asia correspondent. He is a former reporter at the Brisbane Times.
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Tsunami
The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace
The waves that shattered thousands and thousands of Indonesian families also led to peace in a province that had been racked by almost 30 years of war.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
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Bali Nine
Bali bomber’s family asks for same leniency given to Bali Five
Ali Imron hopes to piggyback off the charity shown to the last prisoners of the Bali Nine gang.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
‘No legal basis’: Indonesian MP criticises decision to send remaining Bali Nine home
A senior member of an Indonesian parliamentary committee says the transfer of five Bali Nine members was unlawful.
- by Zach Hope, Karuni Rompies and Amilia Rosa
As Scott Rush farewelled his prison guards, his parents had no idea he was on his way home
The Bali Nine member was smiling as he left Bangli Narcotics jail in Bali for the final time last Friday. His family still didn’t know he was coming home.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos, Marissa Calligeros, Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Marta Pascual Juanola
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Bali Nine
Five remaining Bali Nine members free men as they arrive back in Australia
Australians Matthew Norman, Michael Czugaj, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens and Si-Yi Chen were accompanied back to Australia by government officials on a commercial flight on Sunday.
- by Natassia Chrysanthos, Zach Hope and Michael Bachelard
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Bali Nine
There are questions about the remaining Bali 9 returning home that deserve answers
Indonesia has been proud to show its new forgiving face under President Prabowo Subianto. But questions remain around the release of five members of the Bali Nine.
- by Zach Hope
In Jakarta, the everywhere sound of a merry Christmas
I hadn’t thought about how the Indonesian capital might treat the Christmas season. Had I done so, I might have thought it would be pretty low-key.
- by Zach Hope
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Tragedy
Two tourists killed by falling branches at Bali tourist hotspot
Indonesian authorities have confirmed the fatalities at the monkey forest in Ubud, popular with Australian visitors.
- by Amilia Rosa and Zach Hope
Philippines and Indonesia set precedent for Bali Five return
An Indonesian minister says the Philippines has agreed to the same prisoner transfer proposal submitted to Australia.
- by Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Plans to return Bali Five home to Australia hit by complications
Indonesia has given Australia a draft proposal of how it wants the transfer of the remaining Bali Nine prisoners to work in the most tangible sign a deal will be done.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Eight detained by police over Laos backpacker deaths: local media
Those detained include management and staff at Nana Backpackers Hostel, where two Australian teenagers stayed before dying from suspected methanol poisoning.
- by Zach Hope and Nick Ralston
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