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Gregor Haas in Manila detention. His lawyer says he has lost close to 30 kilograms.

Judge throws curveball into the high-profile case of NRL star’s jailed father

A Filipino court has ordered Gregor Haas’ release from immigration detention after a secret hearing.

  • Zach Hope and Chris Barrett

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Edgar Matobato, a member of a death squad linked to former President Rodrigo Duterte, inside a church compound at an undisclosed location in the Philippines in June.

‘I will face what I did’: On the run, a hitman gives one last confession

Edgar Matobato says he killed again and again for former president Rodrigo Duterte of the Philippines. Now he’s trying to stay alive to testify.

  • Hannah Beech
Getting to South America is easy from Sydney or Melbourne.

Back-to-work blues? These 10 tips will ignite your travel dreams

The exchange rate is brutal, there’s a cost-of-living crisis and overtourism is ruining popular spots, but here’s how you can still have a great holiday in 2025.

  • Ben Groundwater
Kawita Vatanyankur, Knit (from the ‘Performing Textiles’ series), 2018.

11 artists you must see in the 11th Asia Pacific Triennial

From an AI nightmare come to life to wall of metal skulls, here are the must-see highlights of QAGOMA’s huge summer exhibition.

  • Nick Dent
The five remaining incarcerated members of the Bali Nine (from left) Martin Stephens, Si-Yi Chen, Michael Czugaj, Matthew Norman and Scott Rush.

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.

  • Zach Hope and Amilia Rosa
Bupa is outsourcing part of its customer service arm to the Philippines.

Bupa moves customer service offshore in latest blow to 4 million members

The change follows Healthscope’s decision to terminate its contract with Bupa, leaving members without cover at 38 private hospitals across Australia.

  • Angus Thomson
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He said, Xi said: Why Beijing may seek to exploit Philippine political divorce

The president and vice president of the Philippines are at each other’s throats. But the row is a potential proxy for a much more significant conflict.

  • Peter Hartcher
Philippine Vice President Sara Duterte she has contracted an assassin to kill the president if she herself is killed.

The Philippines VP publicly threatens to have the president assassinated

Sara Duterte says she hired an assassin in case she herself is killed, in a brazen public statement she warned was not a joke.

  • Jim Gomez
Artist’s impression of an upgraded Brisbane Airport gate, with a cutaway view of its inner workings.

How Brisbane’s $5 billion airport upgrade is changing how we travel

The air hub has just unveiled its planned multi-billion dollar upgrade, but Qantas is already increasing its international traffic out of the Queensland capital.

  • Julietta Jameson
Tensions over China were apparent in Prime Minister Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, who spoke of the need to “lower the temperature” with China.

China’s message to world leaders as anxiety grows over Trump win

But tensions over China were apparent in Anthony Albanese’s meeting with Indonesia’s president, who spoke of the need to “lower the temperature” with Beijing.

  • David Crowe

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