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Beach villa, Regent Bali, Canggu.

Stylish new Bali resort helps the battle against bogans

The popular Indonesian island is clamping down on disrespectful tourists, and a new hotel is offering a five-star escape from the madding crowds.

  • Julietta Jameson

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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
Socceroos on fire.

Socceroos one step closer to 2026 World Cup after 5-1 win against Indonesia

Tony Popovic’s Socceroos walked away with a solid victory against Indonesia at Allianz Stadium on Thursday night.

  • Billie Eder
Indonesian football composite pic

The Barcelona legend, the billionaire politician and the Indonesian plot to usurp the Socceroos

The appointment of Patrick Kluivert as Indonesia’s national team coach is the latest sign that Australia’s northern neighbours are finally getting serious about their national sport.

  • Vince Rugari
Foodie heaven… mie goreng.

There’s no food in the world more comforting than this noodle dish

Let’s consider the greatness of Indonesia’s ubiquitous fried noodles.

  • Ben Groundwater
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
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Tumini showing some of her scars from the Bali bombing. Her wounds were so ghastly that the hospital workers who received her assumed she was dead.

Bali bombing patients caught up in Indonesia’s DOGE-style budget cuts

Tumini still remembers the explosions and screams, and stumbling into that smoky night from Paddy’s bar, where she had been mixing cocktails.

  • Zach Hope, Amilia Rosa and Karuni Rompies
Batu Karang, Nusa Lembongan.

No crowds or chaos: These three Bali escapes are a step back in time

Overdevelopment is rife on the south-west coast, but these satellite island stays offer a step back to more mellow times.

  • Jenny Hewett
Sidemen, free of traffic congestion and overdevelopment, offers a slower pace of travel.

‘The next Ubud’ in Bali is, thankfully, nothing like the actual Ubud

Sidemen on the east coast of the island offers a quieter, more immersive Bali for those who relish a slower mode of travel.

  • Penny Watson
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

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