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Lachlan Doheny in Hong Kong rugby colours

He gave up on his Wallabies dream to represent Hong Kong. Now he’ll play against Australia instead

Lachy Doheny is one of four Australians in the Hong Kong China rugby squad, who are making their debut Rugby World Cup appearance in 2027. And this week they learned they’ll be playing both the Wallabies and the All Blacks.

  • Iain Payten

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Police carries bodies of victims out of Wang Fuk Court.

In Hong Kong, tragedy fuels a national security crackdown

The Wang Fuk Court towers were still smouldering when Hong Kong authorities shifted gear from crisis to crackdown.

  • Lisa Visentin
HK fires

Graphics and video show Hong Kong fire’s rapid, deadly spread

Investigators are piecing together how the city’s worst fire in decades tore through seven high-rise buildings in minutes.

  • Tom Housden and Matt Willis
Huge crowds lay flowers to pay tribute to the victims of the Tai Po fire.

‘Broken hearts’ and curdling fury as Hong Kong mourns fire victims

As the death toll climbed to 146 on Sunday, residents told how they had complained about the renovations in the 40-year-old towers, and requested they be done one at a time.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin on the ground in Hong Kong after the deadly apartment fires.
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'Exasperation and anger': Locals still reeling after Hong Kong apartment blaze

North Asia correspondent Lisa Visentin on the ground in Hong Kong after the deadly apartment fires.

Filipino domestic helper Vame Mariz Wayas Verador breaks down in tears as she recalls her escape from the building fire.

‘Please Lord, help me’: Hong Kong ‘helper’ saved toddler and his grandma as towers burned

Choking back tears, Vame Mariz Wayas Verador says she is still haunted by the inferno after she carried the terrified boy down 17 storeys to safety, while refusing to leave his grandmother behind.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
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Hong Kong’s Disaster Victims Identification Unit at the site after the fire at the Wang Fuk Court residential estate.

‘They refused’: Residents urged action on fire safety a year before Hong Kong inferno

Investigators have focused on green netting that covered scaffolding, and polystyrene panels installed to protect windows. The estate’s residents had raised concerns about these materials in 2024.

  • Selam Gebrekidan, Amy Chang Chien and Joy Dong
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Toby’s mum’s phone is still ringing, but she hasn’t picked up since the fire

The 36-year-old has taken his place in the procession of ashen faces making their way into a community hall turned makeshift victim identification centre in the shadow of Wang Fuk Court’s burnt-out towers.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng
Firefighters with flashlights search for survivors inside a burned building at Wang Fuk Court.

Hong Kong nears end of search and rescue mission as tower fire toll rises to 94

Hundreds of residents remain unaccounted for as firefighters mostly contained the blaze at a high-rise apartment complex, one of the deadliest fires in the city’s history.

  • Tyrone Siu, Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang
Bystanders look on as flames engulf the buildings.

Police pursue ‘grossly negligent’ construction firm over Hong Kong fire, with hundreds still missing

Almost a full day after the fire began, firefighters were struggling to reach residents potentially trapped on the upper floors of the Wang Fuk Court housing complex.

  • Tyrone Siu, Joyce Zhou and Jessie Pang

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