Research finds many Australians negative, ill-informed about Indonesia
Almost half of more than 2000 Australians surveyed view Indonesia unfavourably, according to a new report on relations between the two countries.
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Jewel Topsfield
Jewel Topsfield is Fairfax's Indonesia correspondent. She is an award-winning journalist who has been with Fairfax Media for 10 years. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age for five years. Prior to that she was the launch deputy editor of the National Times, Fairfax’s online opinion site. She also spent three years in the Canberra Press Gallery covering immigration, education, the environment and water.
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