Drug smuggler Schapelle Corby has been granted parole.

Schapelle Corby's former lawyer said comments made about the jailed 36-year-old celebrating her release from prison with a "big marijuana joint" were not intended to be taken seriously.

The minister who will decide whether Schapelle Corby will be released on parole from a Bali prison says the Australian will get no special treatment.

Indonesia's justice minister has announced he hopes to sign parole documents for Schapelle Corby within three days.

A giant python has suffocated and killed a security guard at a luxury beachfront hotel on the holiday island of Bali, Indonesia.

Schapelle Corby's half-brother will plead guilty to cocaine possession charges, his lawyer says.

Prime Minister John Key says there is only one chance to get a comprehensive Trans Pacific Partnership and it would be worth waiting a little longer to get one.

There's no mistaking it, Ubud has taken over from Seminyak - with its comparatively garish nightclubs and resorts - as Bali's premiere destination.

An Australian woman assaulted as a knife was held to her throat during a violent robbery in Bali is believed to be the latest victim of a serial rapist.

Australia has offered Indonesia an "official guarantee" that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby will not breach parole if she is released from jail.

Not one for tracking down experiences that cause stomach-lurching adrenalin rushes? It might be time to doing something that makes your heart leap.

Indonesian police will continue their investigations into the mysterious death of a Queensland woman who was working in the Indonesian tourist hotspot of Bali.

Diana Plater ditches the hotel buffet for authentic, cheap and sumptuous street cuisine.

As Bali commemorates 10 years since twin bombings killed 202 people, relatives of the dead cling to memories of their loved ones - and vow that terrorism will never win.

The government is monitoring the security situation in Bali, after Indonesian police warned of a plot to attack dignitaries at the 10th anniversary of the bombings.

Ten years on, one image remains burned into my consciousness - a char-blackened human arm still wearing an amazingly pristine silver watch, writes Doug Conway.

Justice has caught up with all of the Bali bombers, a significant comfort for those still grieving for their victims 10 years later.

MFAT is to review its safe travel advice on the dangers of drinking arak following a coroner's findings linking the drink to the death of a former Dunedin man in Indonesia.

Kristin Edge unwinds in style at the Chintamani Bali Retreat and Spa.

A trip to Bali is also a social lesson for the whole family, finds Donna McIntyre.

Donna McIntyre gets intrepid and takes two teenage boys on a holiday to Bali.

The Indonesian island of Bali is a great place for a holiday, offering everything from popular surf resorts to rural inland towns where traditional Balinese culture can still be experienced.