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.
Byron Bay murder suspect Sara Connor has revealed she and David Taylor were "desperate" after learning the police officer with whom Mr Taylor had fought two days earlier had been found dead on a beach.
In 2010, a Japanese magazine named an Indonesian university rector among 20 global figures - including Vladimir Putin and David Miliband - to watch over the next 20 years.
"There is a developing closeness between the people of Muntok and Australia connected with what happened 75 years ago."
The vessel is believed to hold the remains of 40 to 60 men.
A landslide has hit homes in Bali, killing a dozen people including children.
It's 2pm on a Tuesday in the Jakarta suburb of Menteng and blue and red plaid shirts on a curbside rack are selling like hotcakes.
Indonesia's chief security minister Wiranto said the February 26 date for a visit showed the relationship between Australia and Indonesia "was not shaky".
The British DJ accused of murdering a Bali police officer is an "honest and gentle man" who would only be involved in something like that if he was defending himself or protecting someone, according to his friend of 20 years.
Two Sydney sisters have told of hearing a couple being attacked on a Kuta beach but said they were scared of reporting it at the time because they were fearful of being detained in Bali.
Indonesian President Joko Widodo plans to visit Australia at the end of this month, with outgoing ambassador Najib Riphat Kesoema asked to stay on for the trip.
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