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Jewel Topsfield has been named Fairfax's new Indonesia correspondent. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age. She was formerly the deputy editor of the National Times and spent three years in the Press Gallery in Canberra. Jewel has been a journalist with The Age since 2004.
Indonesia seeks to hose down Zika fears
Jewel Topsfield Indonesia has issued a statement stressing the country is not experiencing active virus transmission.
Abu Sayyaf suspected of kidnapping Indonesians in Sulu Sea
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies Seven Indonesians believed to have been kidnapped by the notorious Abu Sayyaf militant group are being kept as hostages.
Indonesian president's visit to Natuna Islands sends waters warning to China
Jewel Topsfield Joko Widodo has held a cabinet meeting on a warship in the Natuna Islands in a defiant gesture to China.
Indonesia asks for help with stranded Tamils, admitting 'their boat can't be fixed'
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies Australia-bound Sri Lankan asylum seekers cannot be towed back to international waters, Indonesia concedes.
Widower of cyanide coffee victim Wayan Mirna Salihin calls for justice
Jewel Topsfield The bereaved widower of an Indonesian woman who was allegedly poisoned with cyanide-laced coffee by a friend from her student days in Australia has called for justice to be served, revealing the...
Stranded Sri Lankans vow to continue to Australia if boat escorted to international waters
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa Sri Lankans on board a boat marooned in Indonesia for more than a week insist they will continue their journey to Australia if their boat is escorted back into international waters.
Liam Davies' legacy: the fight to combat killer cocktails in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield It was New Year's Eve 2012 and Australian teenager Liam Davies was celebrating with mates on Gili Trawangan, a tourist island off the northwest coast of Lombok.
Australians warned of Zika virus in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield The Australian government has updated its travel advice to Indonesia to warn the country is experiencing sporadic transmission of the mosquito-borne Zika virus.
Indonesian police fire warning shot as stranded Sri Lankan women disembark boat
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa The five women are among stranded 44 Sri Lankans who were en route to Australia when their boat had engine trouble.
Sailors remember HMAS Perth and hope World War II wreck site can be protected
Jewel Topsfield Cats may have nine lives but Red Lead, the ship's cat on HMAS Perth, seemed to know that hers had come to an end 74 years ago.
Ramadan raid on stallholder sparks online campaign for greater tolerance
Jewel Topsfield A 53-year-old woman who tearfully begged officials not to confiscate food from her roadside stall as punishment for trading during Ramadan has become the unlikely face of a push for greater...
Sri Lankan boat headed for Australia marooned in bad weather off Indonesian coast
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies A boat with 44 Sri Lankans who claim to be headed for Christmas Island remains marooned in bad weather off the Indonesian province of Aceh.
Kawan8 netizens fight for cleaners and teachers accused of rape at Jakarta Intercultural School
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies The fight to prove the innocence of cleaners and teachers accused of sodomy at a prestigious international school is being waged not just by lawyers in court but by Indonesian netizens whose...
Sri Lankans en route to Australia in boat stranded in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield A boat with 44 Sri Lankans, including a pregnant woman and nine children, who said they were on their way to Australia, have been found off of Aceh, a northern province of Indonesia.
Australian Aaron Dolden who 'joked' about jumping off plane banned from Indonesia for 6 months
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa An Australian tourist who "joked" about jumping off an AirAsia flight to Bali has been banned from returning to Indonesia for six months.
'Nation of coolies' no longer? Indonesia calls time on maids working abroad
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies Indonesia's president has moved to end the exploitation of women working as maids overseas. But talk of a ban has divided activists and the women themselves.
Ex-Gafatar leaders charged with blasphemy and treason in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield Three former leaders of the disbanded Gafatar movement face life imprisonment after being arrested for blasphemy and treason in a case raising serious concerns about Indonesia's treatment of...
Coffee murder: Indonesian minister signed guarantee Jessica Wongso wouldn't be executed
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies An Indonesian Cabinet minister personally signed a letter guaranteeing an Australian permanent resident accused of poisoning her friend with cyanide will not face the death penalty.
Former Indonesian president Bacharuddin Habibie 'rejects' death penalty
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies The third president of Indonesia has publicly opposed the death penalty as the country prepares for a third round of executions of drug offenders.
Australia insists alleged cyanide-coffee murderer will not face death penalty
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies Indonesia police seems unaware of an assurance received by Australia that a permanent resident charged with murdering her friend with cyanide-laced coffee will not face the death penalty if found...
