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Max Walden
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Journalist with the ABC’s Asia Pacific Newsroom. PhD from Melbourne Law School. Bad opinions are my own
How a fake mosque proposal duped the media | Media Watch
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How a fake mosque proposal duped the media | Media Watch
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November 26, 2025 at 1:48 AM
Palestinians left without shelter after Gaza tent cities flood again www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Palestinians left without shelter after Gaza tent cities flood again
Heavy rain causes significant flooding in Gaza, with thousands of Palestinians living in tents bearing the brunt of the sudden burst of winter weather.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:26 PM
A 13-year search for one of the world's rarest flowers in Indonesia ends in a 'magical experience' www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Researcher cries after finding rare flower in Indonesia
A team of researchers describe the "magical" experience of finding a rare species of flower in bloom deep in the Sumatran rainforest after a 23-hour trek.
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November 25, 2025 at 10:13 PM
Fraudsters and intermediaries claiming to have access to Indonesian immigration officials have been scamming workers eager to come to Australia.
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'The names have been selected': Crooked operators rig working visas
Thousands of young Indonesians want the chance to come to Australia to work, but first they have to win a visa application "war" that puts them in the sights of scammers and dodgy operators promising ...
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November 25, 2025 at 10:00 PM
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Indonesia is investigating radioactive contamination at an industrial zone after US and Dutch authorities found unusual levels of radiation in some of the south-east Asian country’s biggest exports, including Nike and Adidas shoes. on.ft.com/3Mkld8y
November 25, 2025 at 5:45 AM
The US government is ending temporary legal status for citizens of Myanmar, arguing they can safely return to the war-torn South-East Asian country.

The government cited the military junta's planned elections as evidence of an improving situation. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
US says Myanmar 'safe', terminates nationals' protection status
The US government is ending the temporary legal status of thousands of Myanmar nationals arguing they can safely return to the war-torn South-East Asian country.
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November 25, 2025 at 4:16 AM
The UN's Population Division has found what many have long suspected - greater Jakarta, not Tokyo, is the world's most populous city. www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
Jakarta is now the world's largest city dwarfing Australia's entire population
For decades Tokyo held the title of the most populous city on the planet. Yet the Indonesian and Bangladeshi capitals have overtaken the Japanese megacity.
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November 25, 2025 at 3:31 AM
Following Australia's lead, Malaysia aims to implement a ban on social media use for children under the age of 16 from next year
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Govt bans social media for children under 16 from next year
Communications minister Fahmi Fadzil says he expects all platforms to implement this ruling and prohibit the opening of new accounts by anyone under 16.
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November 24, 2025 at 3:04 AM
How migrant and overseas Christians are helping keep Australian churches alive www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
How migrant and overseas Christians are helping keep Australian churches alive
Without 11 Pacific Islander ministers serving parishes in north Queensland, the region's Anglican church would collapse, according to bishop Keith Joseph.
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November 24, 2025 at 2:31 AM
Iranians fear taps running dry as country faces worst drought in 60 years
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Iran facing 'water bankruptcy' after years of overuse exacerbated by drought
As Iran suffers through a drought and the president warns the capital could be evacuated, millions are worried about what the future will hold.
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November 23, 2025 at 10:45 PM
South African who attended Sydney neo-Nazi rally taken into immigration detention www.abc.net.au/news/2025-11...
South African man in immigration detention over neo-Nazi rally
Matthew Gruter spends the night in a detention centre after having his visa revoked for attending a protest organised by the National Socialist Network.
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November 18, 2025 at 7:37 AM
Indonesia has awarded former authoritarian leader Suharto the title of national hero, in a move that has sparked accusations of historical revisionism in the world’s third-largest democracy. www.theguardian.com/world/2025/n...
Fury as Indonesia declares late authoritarian ruler Suharto a national hero
Suharto presided over a period marked by rampant corruption, nepotism, censorship and allegations of mass human rights abuses
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November 10, 2025 at 5:09 AM
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Timor-Leste officially admitted to Asean, becoming its 11th member
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Timor Leste becomes Asean's 11th member
Timor-Leste is the first country to join the grouping since Cambodia’s admission in 1999. Read more at straitstimes.com. Read more at straitstimes.com.
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October 26, 2025 at 1:22 AM
What is happening over there in Brunei
October 12, 2025 at 8:47 AM
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Palestinians stream north and hostage families wait anxiously as Gaza ceasefire begins

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Thousands of Palestinians return to Gaza's north as the ceasefire begins | ABC NEWS
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October 11, 2025 at 9:23 AM
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In August we reported on the story of 12 year old Huda, suffering extreme malnutrition. Her hair was falling out, and she didn't have enough energy to get out of bed.

We're hearing reports that Huda died in recent days.

Here's our story from August:
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Malnourished Huda needs treatment outside of Gaza — but she can't leave
Hospitals in Gaza are having to divert resources to treating surging cases of malnutrition as starvation takes hold across the strip. Meanwhile, children who need treatment are waiting to be evacuated...
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October 11, 2025 at 9:20 AM
Under a presidential regulation Prabowo signed in late June, but made public only in September, Nusantara has been reclassified as Indonesia’s “political capital” – a phrase absent from existing legislation www.scmp.com/week-asia/po...
Indonesia’s grand capital plan gets a downgrade as Nusantara is redefined
A new regulation calls the city a ‘political capital’, fuelling uncertainty over the future of Joko Widodo’s legacy project.
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October 7, 2025 at 12:13 AM
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Sarah Mullally becomes the female leader of one of last areas of British public life to have been led by men.
First woman appointed leader of Church of England
Sarah Mullally becomes the female leader of one of last areas of British public life to have been led by men.
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October 3, 2025 at 10:28 AM
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Ambitious Asian students have made a beeline for universities in America, Australia, Britain and Canada. Yet lately the “big four” Anglophone countries have been losing their shine econ.st/42VP5xv

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September 30, 2025 at 1:00 AM
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The family of vanished Yolŋu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda is calling on the Northern Territory coroner to pursue an ABC investigation's lead on his mysterious disappearance.
Vanished Aboriginal leader's family call for probe into alleged killer
The family of vanished Yolŋu leader Dhakiyarr Wirrpanda is calling on the Northern Territory coroner to pursue an ABC investigation's lead on his mysterious disappearance.
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September 27, 2025 at 11:18 PM
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'Humanity's fate cannot be left to an algorithm': UN chief on threat of military AI.

"Humans must always retain authority over life-and-death decisions," says UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres, arguing that AI systems cannot be allowed to run free in the military field
September 26, 2025 at 3:23 AM
“The ABC’s capitulation in the face of political pressure means that a penalty of sufficient weight must be imposed to deter the ABC ... when it is confronted with similar pressures in the future.”
The ABC has been ordered to pay a penalty of $150,000 to Antoinette Lattouf for unlawfully terminating her Sydney radio contract after a judge found it “let down the Australian public badly” by capitulating to pro-Israel campaigners www.theage.com.au/national/jud...
Judge reveals ABC’s penalty in Antoinette Lattouf unlawful sacking case
The six-figure sum is in addition to the $70,000 compensation the broadcaster has already been ordered to pay.
www.theage.com.au
September 24, 2025 at 3:34 AM