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Former High Court of Australia judge Robert French has quit his role as an overseas judge on Hong Kong’s top court.

Top Australian judge Robert French quits Hong Kong court

Former High Court of Australia chief justice Robert French has quit Hong Kong’s top court, becoming the latest overseas judge to resign from the bench after Beijing’s crackdown on the city.

  • Lisa Visentin

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Badiucao’s Here and Now work in Hong Kong.

‘No trace’: Dissident artist told his work has been removed from Hong Kong billboard

Australia-based artist Badiucao said his four-second video work was designed to test “the freedom-of-speech situation in Hong Kong”.

  • Elizabeth Flux
Ted Hui, a former Hong Kong pro- democracy legislator, is now in exile in Australia.

‘Gangster regime’: Hong Kong dissident targeted by threatening letter

An exiled Hong Kong activist has insisted he will not be silenced after his Australian law firm received a threatening letter offering a reward for his arrest.

  • Matthew Knott
Cathay Pacific’s all-new flat-bed Aria Suite business-class is now available on the Sydney to Hong Kong route.

Cathay Pacific’s new business-class suites arrive in Australia

The airline’s highly anticipated Aria suites will now be available on flights from Australia to Hong Kong for the first time.

  • Katherine Scott
On board for a taste bud bonanza… Hong long’s dim sum bus.

Want the best dumplings but short on time? Board Hong Kong’s dim sum bus

Soon after departure, I receive my version of a Happy Meal: a dim sum set by Michelin-rated casual eatery One Dim Sum.

  • Julia D'Orazio
The landmark Hong Kong Palace Museum, Museum M+ and International Commerce Centre skyscraper in West Kowloon, Hong Kong.

Hong Kong’s Kowloon has become the city’s new centre of culture

Green space, multiple museums, places to eat. Here’s how to spend the day at West Kowloon Cultural District, the city’s newest artistic haven.

  • Carrie Hutchinson
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The Australian judges on Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal have been asked to consider the government’s concerns about a crackdown on political dissent by Hong Kong authorities.

Why four Australian judges have become a hot topic spoken about in hushed tones in Hong Kong

Penny Wong has made her strongest comments yet on the decision by the judges to continue working in Hong Kong amid concerns about a crackdown on political dissent.

  • Lisa Visentin
Chinese-born crypto founder Justin Sun eats a banana artwork composed of a fresh banana stuck to a wall with duct tape, in Hong Kong.

Crypto executive eats banana artwork bought for $9.6 million, says it tasted ‘quite good’

Chinese-born Justin Sun peeled off the duct tape and enjoyed the banana in a press conference held in the ritzy Peninsula Hong Kong hotel.

  • Kanis Leung
Four villas on Plantation Road recently sold for $US141 million, a little less than half the previous sale price in 2017.

China’s richest are selling their trophy homes at bargain prices

One by one, tycoons who built their wealth on China’s economic rise have been giving up their trophy homes in Hong Kong.

  • Alexandra Stevenson
Gordon Ng (centre) was first detained in 2021.

Australian man Gordon Ng sentenced in Hong Kong to more than seven years’ jail

The Australian was convicted in May on national security charges along with 13 other pro-democracy activists.

  • Lisa Visentin and Daniel Ceng

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