
Inside Indonesia's coronavirus crisis
The country’s leaders were slow to react to the pandemic and put millions at risk, argues Tim Lindsey and Tim Mann.
The country’s leaders were slow to react to the pandemic and put millions at risk, argues Tim Lindsey and Tim Mann.
At least 20 people were killed on Monday, including three shot by police, in violent protests by hundreds of people sparked by rumours that a teacher insulted an indigenous student in Indonesia’s restive Papua province, officials said.
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UPDATED | Senior federal government ministers have traded barbs in an ugly slanging match over whether to shift Australia’s embassy in Israel, after Defence Minister Christopher Pyne chided his cabinet colleagues for publicly debating the delicate foreign policy.
UPDATED | Desperation is visible everywhere in areas heavily damaged by an earthquake and tsunami, four days after the disaster devastated parts of Indonesia’s central Sulawesi island.
Australia and Indonesia should gradually re-frame their relationship by considering shared interests within the broader regional context.