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‘Everyday life now’: Sydney reels from organised crime turf war

Police swoop on drug gangs in Australia’s biggest city but lawyers fear changes to law leave minorities vulnerable.

police tape at a crime scene in Australia

Indonesia leads the way in restoring coral reefs, scientists say

Researchers at Java’s IPB University say Indonesia is doing more to restore coral reefs than any other country on Earth.

Marine Biologist Andrew Taylor working on coral nursery ropes at the Nusa Penida pilot project [Ollie Clark]

Australia’s Indigenous people face COVID crisis within a crisis

Cases have been reported in far west of New South Wales in Aboriginal communities already suffering from poor health.

COVID-19 cases have been reported in the rural and outback west of New South Wales raising alarm for the health of Aboriginal people in the area [File: Ian Lloyd Neubauer/Al Jazeera]

‘The desire to eat wildlife is still out there’

Calls to stop the sale and consumption of wildlife seem to have been largely ignored even as COVID-19 runs amok.

A trader torches a bat at a live animal market in Langowan in the Indonesian province of Sulawesi in June [Courtesy of Four Paws]

A ride to heaven: Why Sumba loves the Sandalwood pony

The lineage of the Sandalwood pony dates back to the 8th century and is central to the Indonesian island’s culture.

Nearly every child in Sumba used to ride, but now very few have even sat on a horse [Courtesy of Read McKendree]

Hospital beds running out in Papua New Guinea as COVID-19 surges

Experts say true scale of outbreak is unknown and worry crowds at funeral of former PM could exacerbate the situation.

Amid a surge in COVID-19 cases, the WHO is urging people attending this weekend's funeral for former Prime Minister Michael Somare to follow virus protocols [Andrew Kutan/AFP]

Xanana Gusmão condemned over visit to paedophile priest

East Timor independence hero criticised for meeting Richard Daschbach ahead of priest’s trial for child sex abuse.

Xanana Gusmao has been accused of whitewashing the crimes of self-confessed paedophile Richard Daschbach who goes on trial next week on charges of child sex abuse [Australian Broadcasting Corporation]

An island built from coral: How Indonesia’s Bajau made a home

The people of Bungin first settled in the area 200 years ago, building their homes on coral harvested from the sea.

Bungin was created by the Bajau people who live there - a nomadic sea people who used the coral to support their homes [Ian Neubauer/Al Jazeera]

Seaweed tides over Bali islanders after tourism slump

Aquaculture provides fallback for people of the Penida Archipelago as they wait for tourists to return.

People in the Penida Archipelago have returned to seaweed farming as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, which has kept tourists away from Bali [Ian Neubauer/Al Jazeera]

‘No miracle’: What explains Bali’s low coronavirus cases?

Experts, elders give diverse opinions on Indonesian island’s ‘immunity’ – from ‘good karma’ to wrong diagnosis.

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