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Datai Bay is celebrated as one of the world’s top 10 beaches by National Geographic.

Tourists have ruined many of Asia’s best islands, but not this one

It is not so easy to find an island where the culture hasn’t been compromised to chase the tourist dollar.

  • Lee Tulloch

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The average price per barrel of oil fetched by Santos last year, at $US87.60, was well blow 2022’s $US110.10.

Labor sends emergency delegation to defuse Asian gas alarm

Senior officials will travel to Asia this week in an attempt to douse a growing diplomatic crisis in countries unsettled by Australia’s plans for a gas reservation.

  • Nick Toscano and Mike Foley
Khairul (left) and Minara at MSF’s clinic in Penang.

In no man’s land: Malaysia’s unwanted refugees

At a free health clinic in Penang, some of the tens of thousands of Rohingya refugees who have poured into Malaysia from war-torn Myanmar talk about life in a country that denies them meaningful support, rights and status.

  • Zach Hope
Gordon Chong and Jerry Fong are bringing fresh durian to Australia on overnight flight’s from Malaysia.

China can’t get enough of the world’s stinkiest fruit. But can Australians handle it?

The inimitable durian has a track record of waft “emergencies” in Australia, including evacuations of universities, libraries and hospitals. South-East Asian and Chinese people love the stuff.

  • Zach Hope
Australia’s Indian diaspora is part of a much larger network.

Young, smart, driven: the dynamic global movement growing in power and influence

Members of the Indian diaspora are rising to the top of business and politics, and its Australian connections are only getting stronger.

  • Matt Wade
Sunset over the Malacca Strait Mosque.

Hormuz impasse brings another vital shipping lane into sharper focus. This one’s closer to home

If you were to stand here for a year with binoculars, you would see a quarter of global seaborne trade pass by. More crude oil comes through here annually than even the Strait of Hormuz.

  • Zach Hope
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Shell’s Prelude floating LNG vessel off the WA coast flaring excess gas.

‘Never waste a crisis’: Ex-Shell executive says it’s time for Australia to tax windfall profits on energy

Idris Jala said the Albanese government should use the crisis triggered by the Iran war to slug gas companies that stand to reap huge profits.

  • Lisa Visentin
Sultan of Brunei Hassanal Bolkiah and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese.

Albanese offers Brunei food for fertiliser, fuel as farmers stop planting

The prime minister has used Australia’s food exports in a bid to boost fuel and fertiliser imports, as up to half of the nation’s grain growers may not plant a crop this season due to unprecedented price rises.

  • Mike Foley
Anthony Albanese is shown an overview of Jurong Island operations by JTC Corp assistant chief Christine Wong. The prime minister continues his petrol diplomacy to Brunei on Tuesday.

‘Nothing is off the table’: Labor war-games budget plan to boost fuel supply

As motorists confront petrol prices well above $2 a litre, the government is now looking at the budget to deliver a lift in the nation’s oil supplies.

  • Shane Wright, James Massola and Brittany Busch
Nick Adams with US President Donald Trump, who initially appointed Adams to be ambassador to Malaysia.

Revealed: Trump’s new job for Australian ‘alpha male’ Nick Adams

The Sydney-born Trump diehard will serve as special presidential envoy for “American tourism, exceptionalism and values” after being dumped as US ambassador to Malaysia.

  • Michael Koziol