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Indonesian activist attacked.

The shocking moment an Indonesian activist was allegedly attacked with chemicals in Jakarta

Indonesian authorities have arrested six people, four of them from the military’s intelligence unit, in connection to the incident that has sent a chill through Indonesian human rights activists.

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Australia’s Defence Minister Richard Marles with Indonesia’s Defence Minister Sjafrie Sjamsoeddin after their meeting in Jakarta.

Australia to turn WWII site on ‘valuable’ Indonesian island into training base

The move to redevelop the site into a joint training facility highlights the Indonesian president’s eagerness to cement regional relationships amid the rise of China and an unpredictable US under Trump.

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A giant banner of Khamenei stretched over one of the Islamic Cultural Centre’s windows.

‘World’s thugs’: In Indonesia, resentment about the Iran war is everywhere

Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in Jakarta.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Australian Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Jakarta on Friday.

Albanese says ‘no country is more important to Australia’ than Indonesia. Is this really true?

Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto, but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.

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Australia’s Prime Minister Anthony Albanese (L) and Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto walk during their meeting at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, Indonesia.

Defence treaty will see more Australian military on Indonesian soil

Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed off on the Treaty of Jakarta, which allows deeper ties between the Australian and Indonesian security forces.

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Why Indonesia’s ‘worrying’ shift is hard to ignore

New laws enacted in Indonesia this month criminalise a slew of supposed transgressions ranging from demeaning the president to unmarried sex.

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Men stand on logs swept away by flash flood in Batang Toru, North Sumatra, Indonesia.

Logs became floating battering rams for homes as Indonesia reels from catastrophic floods

Authorities on the island of Sumatra say they are incapable of responding to the unfolding disaster there – killing at least 770 people – because the destruction is too vast.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the flight deck of HMAS Canberra in Sydney, where they announced a defence pact last week.

As the Coalition self-immolates, Albanese strides the world stage

One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.

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Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto and Prime Minister Anthony Albanese on the flight deck of HMAS Canberra in Sydney, where they announced a defence pact on Wednesday.

Albanese puts deals with Vanuatu and Fiji next on the agenda

Albanese slammed the records of the Abbott, Turnbull and Morrison governments and claimed they hurt Australia’s foreign relations, a view that would be challenged by opponents who set up the AUKUS agreement underpinning Australia’s security strategy.

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The anti-net zero bloc: Senator Jessica Collins, opposition minister for defence Angus Taylor, Senator Sarah Henderson, member for Canning Andrew Hastie and Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price with other Liberal MPs and senators arrive for their party room showdown on Wednesday.

Zero enthusiasm among young voters for Liberals’ climate attitude

Readers have strong views on the Liberals’ U-turn on net zero, treaties and real estate under-quoting.