t negotiate with the president but I had to negotiate," says Mangkusubroto of why, three days after traveling to Aceh, he asked for a specific disaster recovery agency to be formed, a seat in the cabinet, and to report directly to the president. "I knew that I was going to sit in the hot seat," explains Mangkusubroto, "I would be the one that would be on the grill and those guys in Jakarta would in...
The prime minister, Tony Abbott, defends the Australian navy after Australia's apology to Indonesia for its incursions into its territorial waters ...
The prime minister says even people who are at the top of their game can occasionally make a mistake ...
The prime minister says the navy's on-water operations close to Indonesia are complex and even elite professionals make errors Katharine Murphy ...
Jeff Sparrow: Australia is a minor player on the world stage, but in relation to many Pacific states it’s a heavyweight capable of imposing its will, creating unstability in the process Jeff Sparrow ...
Scott Morrison says arrivals down 80% overall, but no figures released on how many boats have been returned to Indonesia Katharine Murphy ...
cruel and lawless' • Act of Killing triggers outcry in China • Joshua Oppenheimer on The Act of Killing and its impact in the United States The Indonesian government has issued a response to The Act of Killing, the award-winning documentary about the large-scale massacres in the country in the 1960s, after the film was nominated for the best documentary Oscar. presidential spokesman for foreign affairs...
s largest copper and gold producers. The Papua chapter of the National Commission for Human Rights says more than 50 people, including nine soldiers, were killed during clashes in the province late last year. There has been low-level insurgency in Papua since the region was transferred from Dutch to Indonesian rule in the 1960s. West Papua was taken over through a stage-managed vote by community leaders...
Under proposed deal with Telkom Indonesia, joint venture to be exclusive provider of telecom services to business customers in Indonesia ...
Marty Natalegawa says move is not intended to be provocative and insists ties with Australia are in good shape ...
s second largest city. Waldeck, who worked with the force until February 2012 and also lived in Rustington in West Sussex, could have faced the death penalty. She was arrested in April after authorities found 52oz (1.5kg) of methamphetamine crystals in her underwear at her hotel room in Surabaya, the capital of East Java province. At the time, Waldeck told authorities she had been asked by her boyfriend,...
s second biggest city, Surabaya. According to court papers, she claimed she had been asked by her boyfriend, who lives in China, to take the drugs to a contact in Indonesia. Prosecutors had previously called for Waldeck, originally from mid Wales, to be sentenced to 16 years but her legal team argued such a term would be too harsh. Wearing a bright red prison bib, Waldeck clutched a Bible as she was...
Do you believe Australian naval personnel or do you believe people who were attempting to break Australian law?...
The six were arrested when at a flag-raising ceremony on 1 May 2013, the 50th anniversary of Indonesia’s annexation of West Papua Marni Cordell ...
Thunderous outrage ensues when the only way of getting answers to important questions is to actually air the allegations Katharine Murphy ...
Andrew Elder: A radical shift in our asylum policies is needed to soothe our foreign relations, but don't count on Scott Morrison to go there: he has no motivation to change his ways Andrew Elder ...
Sukhoi Su-27/30 Flankers are ready to fly to the border if an Australian ship is detected in Indonesian waters Bridie Jabour ...
As a tiny nation battles in The Hague for oil and gas revenue, Australia's reputation as a good global citizen is being questioned Kate Lamb ...
s crime underworld, Gareth Evans's gory sequel is even more violent – you'll thrill despite yourself Gareth Evans takes to the stage ahead of the screening of his disgusting new film. "You guys get to see this before the Motion Picture Association of America have a heart attack," he says. For the first 45 seconds, it's hard to see what would stir the rating body. Then a man gets his head blown off....
Law Wan-tung employed Erwiana Sulistyaningsih for eight months before maid returned home covered in lacerations Hong Kong police have filed charges against a woman accused of torturing her Indonesian maid as well two other former domestic helpers. Police said the charges include two counts of wounding, one of common assault and three of criminal intimidation against 44-year-old Law Wan-tung. Injuries...