Tag: Indonesia

The ‘Mystery of the Black Cat’ is a secret no more and the families of 10 servicemen who disappeared without trace in 1943 now have closure.

As attempts to curb illegal fishing continue, the Border Force says it has intercepted 19 Indonesian vessels and destroyed three of them.

One vessel destroyed and fishing catch and equipment confiscated as Border Force cutter intercepts Indonesians operating illegally.

Key employer body fears that cutting Southeast Asian language tuition at universities will harm efforts to develop alternative markets to China.

Proposed September reopening of the island to foreign visitors has now been postponed to sometime in 2021.

Forget Bali, and head to the pink beaches of Indonesia.

OPINION: There is still great public sentiment and a sense of loss in relation to the knifing of Malcolm Turnbull, despite his disappointing political paralysis on so many issues, writes TESS LAWRENCE.

Mass evacuation continues while holiday plans ruined for thousands as Bali's Mount Agung billows smoke and ash nine kilometers into the air.

Schoolies has gone very sour for a Perth teen who is now in the custody of Indonesian police for allegedly posessing a baggy of suspicious white powder.

British partner of Australian tourist Sara Connor has admitted to violently bashing the Bali police officer who was later found dead.

Malcolm Turnbull sets off to meet 20 world leaders on his first global mission as prime minister.

Indonesia said it is not too worried about the withdrawal of the Australian ambassador in response to the Bali 9 executions and that this move will not affect the use of the death penalty in Indonesia.

Final hours are “torture” for families of Bali 9 death-row prisoners Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran.

"We are still looking for a good day in the month of April for carrying out the executions," say authorities.

Bali Nine duo will be transferred to Nusakambanganon on Wednesday where they will face death by firing squad. 10 felons will be executed by 120 members of a combined firing squad, 12 for each victim.

Preparations for the Bali Nine drug smugglers facing death by firing squad are almost ready and the commitment to carry the executions through is final, says Indonesia’s attorney-general.

Could Sting and an assortment of other musicians and bands like Napalm Death persuade rock music fan President Joko Widodo to spare the lives of Bali Nine pair, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran?

Diplomatic war of words heats up over pending Bali Nine executions.

Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan will not be moved to pre-execution prison this week after all.

Convicted Australian heroin smugglers are to be relocated from their Bail prison ahead of their ordered execution by firing squad.

A campaigner for the two Australians facing death by firing squad in Indonesia says a Triple J survey helped scupper their latest, and probably last chance, appeal.

Hotel staff discover body of Australian man up to 24 hours after he died.

Australian prisoners closer to firing squad after Indonesian president rejects clemency appeal.

Indonesia has warned Australia over a series of breaches of its territorial waters and demanded the government stop turning boats back.

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has given Indonesia assurances Australia will not spy on Jakarta anymore as she tries to repair the damage to bilateral ties.

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is refusing to say if asylum seekers in offshore detention will be strip searched under enhanced security measures.

Protests have erupted in Jakarta as Prime Minister Tony Abbott responds to Indonesia's call to explain the tapping of the president's phone.

Protesters have warned Australians would be targeted unless Indonesia receives an apology over the phone tapping scandal.

Australia has been accused of betraying Indonesia amid an outbreak in nationalist rhetoric in the wake of fresh spying allegations.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is refusing to comment on allegations Australian spies targeted the mobile phone of Indonesia's president and his confidants.

People smugglers in Indonesia have formed a “super syndicate” as Australia’s new resettlement policy sees demand for their services from asylum seekers plummet.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott will persevere with controversial measures aimed at stopping the flow of asylum seeker boats to Australia

Prime Minister Tony Abbott seems to have toned down his tough talk on the asylum-seeker issue after meeting the Indonesian president.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says he wants to get Australia’s relationship with Indonesia right, but the opposition believes there’s a big problem.

A boat bound for Australia, carrying 120 asylum seekers sinks off the coast of Indonesia, leaving 20 dead, mostly children.

For only the second time in the past six years, the Australian Navy intercepted a boat and handed the asylum seekers back to Indonesia.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott says his government's policy to turn back asylum seeker boats to Indonesia will respect the country's sovereignty.

A strategy to stop asylum seeker boat arrivals is at the top of Tony Abbott’s to-do list for next week after his ministry is sworn in.

AUSTRALIAN ELECTION 13 | Tony Abbott’s plan to buy boats from Indonesian fishermen to stop them being used by people smugglers shows his lack of understanding, Jakarta says.

Reports suggest that convicted drug smuggler Schapelle Corby is close to being released from her Balinese prison on parole.

WA Coroner Alastair Hope says all 102 lives lost in the Siev 358 asylum seeker boat tragedy could have been saved if authorities had responded sooner.

Opposition immigration spokesman Scott Morrison has said that elite SAS troops should be sent on-board boats carrying asylum seekers that threaten self-harm in an attempt to be allowed into Australia.

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd is in Indonesia for talks with President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono on the asylum seeker issue and trade.

Former federal Labor leader Mark Latham has urged Prime Minister Julia Gillard to adopt the Coalition’s policy of sending boats carrying asylum seekers back into Indonesian waters in order to address the severity of the people smuggling issue.

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has rejected Prime Minister Julia Gillard’s accusation that Shadow Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop had “embarrassed the nation” by claiming that the Indonesian government supported the Coalition’s policy to turn back the boats of asylum seekers if elected later this year.