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Tony Burke is facing pressure to act on the case.

Pressure on Burke to deport accused paedophile from Sunshine Coast

The accused paedophile says he’s too sick to travel to New Zealand to face charges.

  • Dan Nolan

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Nanette Castillo in Manila on Monday night watching the livestream from the first day of former Philippine president Rodrigo Duterte’s committal hearing at The Hague.

For more than eight years, Nanette has been waiting for Rodrigo Duterte to pay

The first day of the former Philippine president’s committal hearing for crimes against humanity took place in The Hague on Monday. In Manila, families of the dead gathered to watch the livestream.

  • Zach Hope
Gregor Haas (right) with son Payne at the 2019 Dally M awards.

Judge orders release of Payne Haas’ father, brands detention ‘illegal’

A court in the Philippines has delivered a significant victory for Gregor Haas after two years in custody, but authorities there are yet to set him free.

  • Chris Barrett
Asian Aunties - Himali Ratnayake and Janette McBride - Brisbane based improvised comedy duo appearing in the BrisAsia festival.

Festival brings food, fireworks and brutal advice from ‘Asian Aunties’

“This is therapy for us,” say stars of the BrisAsia Comedy Gala, part of the city’s Year of the Horse celebrations.

  • Nick Dent
Executive assistant jobs have been cut in Australia and sent offshore by KPMG.

The end of the executive assistant? Corporate giant shifts roles to the Philippines

One of the country’s largest consultancies plans to offshore about 200 executive assistant positions to South-East Asia.

  • Millie Muroi
Nipah is a zoonotic virus — meaning it can be transmitted from animals to humans.

What to know about the deadly Nipah virus as outbreak hits India

Airports in South-East Asia are on alert after an outbreak of the disease, which has a 40 to 70 per cent fatality rate.

  • Sammy Westfall
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Jetstar’s Airbus A321neo.

New Jetstar route offers fast, direct flight to a Bali alternative

New non-stop flight to this Asian tropical island is short enough that you land in time to head to a restaurant for dinner.

  • Cloe Read
Filipino tennis player Alexandra Eala is swarmed by fans after her practice session.

Wild scenes as fans mob ‘national hero’ at practice court

You might not have heard of this player but she was swarmed by fans armed with mobile phones at Melbourne Park on Sunday.

  • Billie Eder
The Seagull White Sand Beach Resort on the outskirts of Davao City.

Glimpses, maybes and a ‘ping’: On the murky trail of the Bondi gunmen in the Philippines

At a beach resort on the outskirts of Davao City, the apparent fleeting visit of soon-to-be terrorist gunmen has been a talking point.

  • Zach Hope
The town of M’lang, which has been linked to the accused Bondi Beach shooter and his father.

‘No one lives there’: How a remote village became entangled in Bondi terror

Until a police officer knocked on his door last week, the village chief in Dungoan wasn’t aware of the horror that had unfolded in Sydney on December 14.

  • Zach Hope