'A matter of principle': Indonesian President Jokowi comments on diplomatic rift with Australia
Indonesian President Joko Widodo says his country and Australia have agreed to stay out of each other's internal affairs.
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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.
Why Indonesian general Gatot Nurmantyo halted military ties with Australia
Indonesia's hardliner military chief Gatot Nurmantyo has little love for Australia.
'I often wonder if it would've been better not to try to help'
Byron Bay woman Sara Connor often thinks about what might have happened had she not tried to intervene in a fight between her boyfriend and a stranger on Kuta beach that fateful August night.
Indonesian defence minister plays down diplomatic rift with Australia
Indonesia's defence minister has sought to play down a suspension of military ties between Australia and Indonesia, stressing it was important to keep a good relationship between the two countries.
Jakarta governor candidate criticised for meeting Islamic hardliners
One of the embattled Jakarta governor's rivals in next month's gubernatorial elections has met with an Islamic hardliner group notorious for attacks on minority groups which critics fear will give further legitimacy to political extremists in Indonesia.
23 dead, 17 injured in fire on Indonesian ferry
Twenty-three people have been killed and 17 injured in a ferry accident off the coast of Jakarta.
Police say number of terrorism cases in Indonesia doubled in 2016
The number of alleged terrorists dealt with in 2016 was more than double the previous year, as IS encouraged terror cells to carry out attacks beyond Syria.
New twist in blasphemy saga as Islamic hardliner accused of insulting Christianity
There has been a new twist in the blasphemy saga gripping Indonesia with Islamic hardliner Habib Rizieq reported to police for a sermon on Christmas Day.
Police detonate bomb in Magelang, Central Java
Police have detonated a bomb found near a food stall in a street in Magelang in Central Java as Indonesia continues to be on tenterhooks over a possible terror attack over the holiday period.
Suspected terrorists allegedly plotting New Year's Eve attack on police in West Java
Jakarta: Indonesian police say that suspected terrorists who were arrested and killed on Christmas Day had been plotting to attack a police post in West Java on New Year's Eve.
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