What to expect around the world in 2025

What to expect around the world in 2025

One name keeps popping up as our correspondents note the major issues they will be watching on their patch. It promises to be a wild ride.

  • byLisa Visentin,Zach Hope,Farrah Tomazin,Rob Harris andLia Timson

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The rise and fall of strongmen,and justice for a woman unbowed

The rise and fall of strongmen,and justice for a woman unbowed

It was a year of wars,election surprises,royal health scares and the reign of new queens. Within this maelstrom,one woman’s quiet courage shone through.

  • byLisa Visentin,Zach Hope,Farrah Tomazin,Rob Harris,Matthew Knott,Matt Wade andLia Timson
The 2004 tsunami was one of the worst natural disasters in recorded history. It also carried peace
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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.

  • byZach Hope andKaruni Rompies
Bali bomber’s family asks for same leniency given to Bali Five
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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.

  • byZach Hope andAmilia Rosa
‘No legal basis’:Indonesian MP criticises decision to send remaining Bali Nine home

‘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.

  • byZach Hope,Karuni Rompies andAmilia Rosa
As Scott Rush farewelled his prison guards,his parents had no idea he was on his way home

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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos,Marissa Calligeros,Zach Hope,Amilia Rosa andMarta Pascual Juanola
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Five remaining Bali Nine members free men as they arrive back in Australia
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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.

  • byNatassia Chrysanthos,Zach Hope andMichael Bachelard
There are questions about the remaining Bali 9 returning home that deserve answers
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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.

  • byZach Hope
In Jakarta,the everywhere sound of a merry Christmas

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.

  • byZach Hope
Two tourists killed by falling branches at Bali tourist hotspot
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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.

  • byAmilia Rosa andZach Hope
Philippines and Indonesia set precedent for Bali Five return

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.

  • byZach Hope andAmilia Rosa