Tim Swanston is an ABC correspondent, video journalist and photographer covering Indonesia and South-East Asia. He was previously based in Port Moresby, covering Papua New Guinea and the Pacific Islands. Tim has also reported from the UK, the Middle East and East Africa. Earlier in his career, Tim worked as a cross-platform reporter and video journalist in Western Sydney, Brisbane and Far North Queensland.
Mobile phone data suggests the Bondi Beach gunmen may have travelled near a region in the Philippines where Islamic State-aligned militants could still be operating, a police source has told the ABC.
The long shadow of the Bondi shooting has darkened the coastal southern Philippines, causing deep confusion and stoking long-held anxieties over terrorist groups in the region.
A man resembling Bondi gunman Naveed Akram has been captured on CCTV in Davao City in mid-November, as authorities continue to investigate the movements of him and his father, Sajid Akram, in the lead-up to the attack.
An Australian man is sentenced to 12 years in a Bali prison for his role in trafficking cocaine into the country in Lindt chocolate wrappers.
Alleged terrorists Naveed and Sajid Akram spent almost a month holed up in a small hotel room in a city in the southern Philippines in the lead-up to the attack, local staff have said.
Philippines National Police say they are investigating whether the father-son Bondi gunmen travelled to a region known as a hotbed for violent Islamist militants.
Father-son gunmen Sajid and Naveed Akram travelled to the Philippines to receive "military-style training" in the month before they killed 15 people at a Hanukkah celebration at Bondi Beach, security sources have confirmed.
A high-profile British adult content creator will be banned from Bali for 10 years after police raided a "studio" on the island, in which 14 Australians were found.
Landslides across Sumatra in Indonesia have cut off roads and destroyed homes, creating several pockets of isolated villages where a helicopter is the only way in.
Indonesia's government says it will summon eight companies over their suspected role in worsening the scale of floods and landslides that have killed more than 700 people. But environmental groups say authorities are hypocritical and partly to blame for the destruction.
As floodwaters begin to clear, the Indonesian island of Sumatra is coming to terms with the devastation wrought by last week's flooding and landslides.
More than 1,300 people are dead and 1.2 million displaced following devastating flooding and landslides in South-East Asia.
Indonesia, Thailand and Sri Lanka are reeling from flooding that has killed hundreds in each country and destroyed communities.
Many of the people who managed to escape the Wang Fuk Court fires in Hong Kong believe the disaster could have been prevented, saying they had flagged safety concerns more than a year ago.
In Hong Kong the death toll from the shocking fires that tore through seven apartment buildings is now at least 94 and hundreds of people are still unaccounted for.
The death toll in a devastating apartment complex fire in Hong Kong has now passed 80 with hundreds still missing - many of whom are feared dead.
Locals are in shock after fire destroyed apartment blocks home to thousands of people, as questions remain about the suitability of building materials and a lack of fire alarms.
After 13 years searching the dense and dangerous forests of Sumatra, a multinational team of conservationists and researchers has uncovered a plant seen more by tigers than people.
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.
Despite thousands of cases of food poisoning, Indonesia's government intends to expand a controversial program giving schoolchildren free meals.
Details of an upgraded security treaty between Indonesia and Australia are yet to be made public, and the practical impact it will have on relations between the two countries depends on who you ask.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese declares a "new era" in the relationship between the neighbours in a joint appearance with Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto in Sydney.
A new addition to Kelingking Beach has locals and tourists in an uproar, deeply dividing many along Bali's tested fault line — development versus environmental conservation.
The family of an Australian man potentially facing the death penalty in Indonesia say they're devastated over his possible fate.
The sister of Australian man Lamar Ahchee, who has been on trial on drug charges in Bali, describes the moment she heard the news of his arrest.