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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.
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...
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Indonesia's new child rape punishments a pyrrhic victory for women's advocates
Jewel Topsfield Indonesia's harsh new punishments for child sex offenders - including the death penalty and chemical castration - represent something of a pyrrhic victory for women's advocates in Jakarta.
Child sex offenders in Indonesia to face execution or chemical castration
Jewel Topsfield Crackdown on those found guilty of child sex offences could affect cooperation between Indonesian authorities and the AFP in a hotspot for Australian paedophiles.
Former Indonesian minister says 'shocking' to suggest link between cattle ban and asylum seekers
Jewel Topsfield Indonesia's former foreign minister has emphatically denied a link between the live cattle export ban and an increased flow of asylum seekers, saying it is "shocking" to suggest the Indonesian...
Poisoned at work: 13-year-old among hundreds sickened on tobacco farms
Jewel Topsfield Ayu vomits every year while harvesting tobacco on her family's farm near Garut in West Java. She is one of hundreds of children believed to be poisoned by their work.
Bali massage therapist charged with sexually assaulting Australian boy from Perth
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa Police have warned spa owners in Bali to be on the lookout for paedophiles and sexual predators after a massage therapist allegedly sexually assaulted a 12-year-old boy from Perth.
Spate of deaths from bootleg liquor as Indonesia debates alcohol prohibition
Jewel Topsfield It's an excruciating way to die. First comes nausea, vomiting, dizziness and headaches (often mistaken for normal drunkenness), followed by loss of vision, brain damage and organ failure.
Indonesian minister says evidence against international school staff is strong
Jewel Topsfield and Karuni Rompies Indonesia's chief security minister says he will show the ambassadors of four countries - including Australia - solid evidence against teachers and cleaners accused of sexual abuse at a...
Australian retiree John Bourke dies after alleged vicious attack in Bali villa
Jewel Topsfield The expat community in Bali is in mourning after a retired Australian engineer who was allegedly viciously attacked twice in his Bali villa died overnight.
Australian property developer Eric Gillet jailed for fraud in Bali
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa The former president of the South Perth Chamber of Commerce has been jailed for two years for fraud over a property deal that went wrong in Bali.
Executions in Indonesia may be delayed until after Ramadan
Jewel Topsfield Attorney-General has flagged the latest round of executions in Indonesia may be delayed until after the Islamic fasting month of Ramadan.
Spectre of a communist revival prompts crackdown and ridicule in Indonesia
Jewel Topsfield You know the paranoia about a communist revival in Indonesia has jumped the shark when the nation's netizens start parodying it on social media.
Australian man killed in scooter accident in Bali
Jewel Topsfield, Amilia Rosa, Nick Toscano A Melbourne firefighter has been killed in a scooter accident in Bali.
Jakarta Komodos: From orphanage to rugby union scrum
Jewel Topsfield It's an incongruous sight: a group of petite Indonesian women crouched in a rugby scrum.
Australian man John Bourke in an induced coma in Bali hospital
Jewel Topsfield and Amilia Rosa An Australian man has been placed in an induced coma after enduring severe head injuries in a vicious attack at his Bali villa.
