Australia slammed for refusing to back Rohingya investigation
Human rights groups condemn the Turnbull government's decision, saying it 'sweeps under the carpet' Myanmar's crimes against humanity.
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Lindsay Murdoch
Lindsay Murdoch is a three-time winner of the Walkley Award, Australia's top award for journalistic excellence. Lindsay is a former correspondent based in Singapore, Jakarta and Darwin. In 1999 he covered the tumultuous events in East Timor, and in 2003 he covered the Iraq war while embedded with US Marines.
Surrogate babies born in Cambodia stuck in limbo waiting for visas to leave for Australia
Up to 10 surrogacy-born babies with Australian biological parents are stuck in legal limbo in Cambodia after a crackdown on commercial surrogacy there last year.
Australian Bagnato pleads not guilty in Thai murder trial
Antonio Bagnato, 26, fled after Australian organised crime figure and international drug trafficker Wayne Rodney Schneider was kidnapped and killed last year.
Malaysia government mouthpiece calls for 'Budgie Nine' to be deported
An influential government-controlled Malaysian newspaper has called for the nine Australians arrested for celebrating at Malaysia's Grand Prix win in their budgie smugglers to be deported and banned from ever returning to the country.
Tracking down two refugees in Cambodia
How I found myself in the teeming Cambodia capital trying to find two refugees from different countries whom I knew nothing about, not even their names, can be traced back to the eve of the AFL grand final in 2014.
Philippines says has 'no capacity' to resettle Australia's asylum seekers
Philippines President Benigno Aquino said his country has "no capacity" to resettle refugees from Australia, adding his government was "challenged to meet the needs of its own people right now."
Cambodia approves taking four refugees from Australia as part of $40m deal
Iranian couple and two men were the only Nauru refugees who agreed to go to - if no others agree, Australian taxpayers will fork out $10 million for each of the four.
What is ibogaine?
New York City addicts stumbled across ibogaine in the 1960s.
Bid for drug cure ends in death
Brodie Smith went to Thailand to undertake a radical treatment for his drug addiction using an African shrub. What happened next is disputed, but Smith died in his quest for a cure.
Kidnap victim Warren Rodwell backs news blackout on IS hostages
The news blackout policy adopted over IS kidnappings has been backed by Australia's longest held kidnap victim despite growing calls for a review.