In Bali for the APEC Summit, PM Tony Abbott is expected to acknowledge Saturday’s 11th anniversary of the horrific 2002 Bali Bombings by attending a special tribute this morning to the hundreds of the mostly Australian victims who lost their lives and were wounded in 2005.
In this two-part exclusive, in which we publish part one today, contributing editor-at-large Tess Lawrence reveals for the first time that the tragedy could have been averted had a secret CIA warning passed on to holidaying Australian Army Defence Personnel, been shared with civilian tourists.
Lawrence also reveals how and why Rupert Murdoch intervened to kill any follow up investigation of the outrageous failure of the Howard Government to protect Australians abroad.