The Latest Breaking News from Bali

Alex Hoyle, 28, and Joella Senior, 27, crashed at around 9.10pm local time on June 12, according to close pal Georgie Seel - Alex remains in sedated as Joella is conscious

Collingwood have handed Jordan De Goey a suspended $25,000 fine for his antics while partying in Bali after he apologised for his "disrespectful" conduct.

SNEED SCOOP: In a hand-written statement filed in court Wednesday, Mack says she no longer wants her 7-year-old daughter to go to Indonesia while Mack faces new charges in the Bali murder of Oak Parker Sheila von Wiese-Mack.

Mack, who is being held in Chicago’s downtown Metropolitan Correctional Center, has been at the center of an international legal saga ever since the gruesome discovery of her mother’s body inside a suitcase outside the St. Regis Bali Resort on Aug. 12, 2014.

Australian backpacker Samuel Lockton scrambled up the banyan tree - which has sat for 100 years on the hallowed ground of a Hindu temple on the paradise island of Bali

Lindsay Sandiford is currently in Kerobokan prison in Bali, Indonesia, awaiting death by firing squad after being convicted of smuggling cocaine onto the island in 2012

Tourism ministry announces pivot to ‘serenity, spirituality and sustainability’

Indonesia may be the world’s fourth most populous nation – with more than 270 million people – but Australian news coverage of it typically involves three things: beef, boats and Bali.

Bali’s bars and beaches may have to take the backseat as Indonesia looks to promote its spiritual getaways and booming tech scene to lure longer-staying, higher-spending travellers back to its islands.