Tag: Bali

Legionnaires' risk for travellers to Bali

September 3, 2010 13:05:00

The WA Health Department is warning travellers returning from Bali to look out for symptoms of Legionnaires' disease. [MORE]

Tags: health, diseases-and-disorders, respiratory-diseases, australia, vic, wa, bali

Scott Rush in final death sentence appeal

August 26, 2010 07:48:00

Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush faces his final appeal against his death sentence in an Indonesian court today.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, australia, qld, indonesia, bali

Bali bombmakers could get out of jail early

August 24, 2010 06:29:00

Indonesian prison authorities have recommended cancelling the life sentences imposed on key players in the 2002 Bali bombings.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, terrorism, australia, indonesia, bali

Rush's death sentence appeal postponed

August 18, 2010 15:04:00

A judge in Bali has delayed hearing an appeal against the death penalty imposed on Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, international-law, drug-offences, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, indonesia, bali

Corby, Lawrence get sentence reductions

August 17, 2010 11:27:00

Convicted Australian drug smugglers Schapelle Corby and Renae Lawrence have been granted small cuts to their jail terms in Bali.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, prisons-and-punishment, drug-offences, australia, qld, surfers-paradise-4217, indonesia, bali

Poll shows support for Corby sentence cut

August 15, 2010 08:28:00

One in three Australians wants convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby to be freed from jail but only one in 10 believes she is innocent, according to a new opinion poll.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, prisons-and-punishment, rural, drug-offences, australia, qld, surfers-paradise-4217, indonesia, bali

Bali Nine ringleaders to lodge final appeals

August 13, 2010 06:19:00

Lawyers for Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, the key players in the Bali Nine drug ring, will lodge their final appeals against their death sentences today. [MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, prisons-and-punishment, drug-offences, qld, indonesia, bali

Bali Nine smuggler's parents fly out for appeal

August 9, 2010 06:44:00

The parents of Bali Nine drug smuggler Scott Rush will fly from Brisbane to Indonesia today ahead of a last ditch appeal to save their son from the death sentence.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, australia, qld, brisbane-4000, indonesia, bali

Australian faces Bali jail for cocaine use

July 4, 2010 21:23:00

Australian Angus McCaskill faces as many as 12 years in a Bali jail after he was arrested and confessed to using cocaine.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, australia, vic, melbourne-3000, indonesia, bali

Picking up more than a souvenir

July 2, 2010 15:41:00

The WA Health Department says there has been an alarming rise in the number of West Australians coming back from Bali with infectious diseases.[MORE]

Tags: health, diseases-and-disorders, wa, indonesia, bali

Government urged to 'bring Schapelle home'

May 29, 2010 21:39:00

An Australian man who has arrived home after five months in a Bali jail for drug offences has called on the Government to bring Schapelle Corby home.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, prisons-and-punishment, drug-offences, australia, indonesia, bali

Perth man home after stint in Bali jail

May 28, 2010 22:12:00

An Australian man convicted of importing marijuana into Indonesia has returned home to Perth after his release from prison.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, wa, perth-6000, bali

McJannett release from jail expected shortly

May 28, 2010 10:11:00

A Perth man jailed in Bali for taking a small quanity of cannabis into Indonesia could be freed as early as today.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, wa, perth-6000, bali

Jail time for Australian caught with marijuana

May 7, 2010 17:00:00

Perth unionist Robert McJannett has been sentenced to five months' jail in Bali for possessing marijuana.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, australia, wa, indonesia, bali

Bali Nine courier's sentence appeal delayed

May 7, 2010 14:26:00

Bali Nine drug courier Martin Stephens's appeal against his life sentence has been delayed because of an error translating crucial evidence.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, australia, indonesia, bali

Jihadi terrorist cell uncovered in Aceh

May 4, 2010 12:05:00

Indonesian police have discovered new evidence of links between Islamic fundamentalists and terrorists in Aceh.[MORE]

Tags: terrorism, indonesia, aceh, bali, sumatra

Bali raids nab 28 'beach gigolos'

April 28, 2010 00:42:00

Police on the Indonesian resort island of Bali have detained 28 people in a crackdown on "beach gigolos", who scout for foreign female tourists, officials said.[MORE]

Tags: community-and-society, prostitution, law-crime-and-justice, crime, indonesia, bali

Bali Nine member launches final appeal

April 13, 2010 21:00:00

Bali Nine drug mule Martin Stephens has lodged a final appeal against his life sentence with the help of an Australian Federal Police letter that describes him as a minor player in the heroin smuggling plot.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, drug-offences, australia, nsw, wollongong-2500, indonesia, bali

Corby cites depression in clemency bid

April 13, 2010 01:24:00

Schapelle Corby has applied for presidential clemency on her 20-year Indonesian smuggling term, saying she is suffering from depression that could endanger her life.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, drug-offences, australia, qld, surfers-paradise-4217, indonesia, bali

Perth man facing Bali jail over marijuana bust

March 30, 2010 22:18:00

A Perth man could be jailed for 15 years after allegedly importing less than two grams of marijuana into Bali.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, courts-and-trials, drug-offences, australia, wa, perth-6000, indonesia, bali

Indonesian police confirm terrorist's death

March 10, 2010 14:28:00

Indonesian police say DNA tests have confirmed that one of the masterminds of the 2002 Bali bombing has been killed.[MORE]

Tags: world-politics, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, indonesia, bali

UN creates new panel for IPCC review

February 26, 2010 21:00:00

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), is set for review by an independent board of scientists.[MORE]

Tags: environment, climate-change, indonesia, bali

Indonesia to extradite Australian drug suspect

February 22, 2010 18:30:00

An Indonesian court today approved the extradition of an Australian man wanted on drug charges.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, crime, drug-offences, australia, indonesia, bali

Bali bombmaker seeks clemency

February 16, 2010 22:19:00

A bombmaker serving a life sentence over the 2002 Bali bombings has filed for presidential clemency.[MORE]

Tags: law-crime-and-justice, prisons-and-punishment, terrorism, indonesia, bali

Indonesia destined for another tsunami

January 18, 2010 20:20:00

Scientists are predicting that Indonesia is destined to be struck by another devastating tsunami.[MORE]

Tags: disasters-and-accidents, earthquake, emergency-incidents, emergency-planning, tidal-wave, earth-sciences, geology, australia, indonesia, aceh, bali, sumatra, java