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Voting begins in Jakarta as millions of locals descend on makeshift polling booths to elect the capital's Governor after a highly charged and divisive campaign, during which the incumbent Ahok was tried on blasphemy charges.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, indonesia
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| UpdatedByron Bay woman Sara Connor denies wanting to destroy evidence to hide her involvement in the killing of Bali policeman Wayan Sudarsa, saying "if I did, I would have done a better job".
Topics: law-crime-and-justice, laws, courts-and-trials, indonesia, australia
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The election for governor of Jakarta will be held under a cloud of religious, racial and legal tension that has Indonesia's police chief worried about the intimidation of voters.
Topics: elections, world-politics, government-and-politics, indonesia
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More than 20,000 police and military officers will be deployed across Jakarta as the Indonesian capital prepares to go to the polls to elect a governor next week.
Topics: world-politics, government-and-politics, elections, indonesia
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| UpdatedAt least 12 people are dead after a landslide in Bali overnight that wiped out several homes.
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The bitterly-fought election to be Jakarta's next governor could see the establishment of a political dynasty if the son of former president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono does as well as expected.
Topics: world-politics, indonesia, asia
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Indonesia's military chief says he has accepted an apology from the Australian Army over offensive training material used at a special forces base, but suspended military cooperation will not resume until the President has been consulted.
Topics: world-politics, army, indonesia, australia, asia
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Indonesia says it is midway through a month-long deradicalisation of 75 people who were deported from Turkey for attempting to join the Islamic State group.
Topics: islam, unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, indonesia
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Tobias Basuki of the Centre for Strategic and International Studies in Jakarta tells Auskar Surbakti why Muslim hardliners are under the spotlight.
Topics: islam, unrest-conflict-and-war, forms-of-government, indonesia
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| UpdatedLow-cost airline Tigerair ceases its Australia to Bali flights permanently, saying the Indonesian Government refused to provide regulatory approval for the flights.
Topics: air-transport, industry, bali, indonesia, perth-6000, melbourne-3000, adelaide-5000
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Some of the nation's biggest legal heavy-hitters push the Australian Government to end the death penalty worldwide.
Topics: death, activism-and-lobbying, government-and-politics, law-crime-and-justice, courts-and-trials, laws, human, australia, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe sister of an Australian-trained economist being held in Indonesia over alleged links to the Islamic State group, says he kept his plans secret from his family.
Topics: terrorism, unrest-conflict-and-war, indonesia, turkey
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| UpdatedA global petition calling on the United Nations to put West Papua back on its decolonisation list has been launched in London.
Topics: foreign-affairs, pacific, papua, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe Consolidated Pastoral Company (CPC) has shipped its first load of cattle to Indonesia for 2017.
Topics: rural, trade, beef-cattle, kununurra-6743, townsville-4810, indonesia
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| UpdatedWhile Indonesia may appear to be a unconcerned with rules, Adam Harvey tells of his slow realisation that the rules that really matter are the unspoken ones, such as not wearing jeans at certain locations.
Topics: laws, law-crime-and-justice, human-interest, indonesia
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| UpdatedIndonesia's Foreign Minister complains about the lack of action in Australia against a protester who broke into its Melbourne consulate earlier this month and to hold up the West Papua flag.
Topics: foreign-affairs, world-politics, law-crime-and-justice, melbourne-3000, indonesia
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Topics: foreign-affairs, indonesia, australia
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| UpdatedAn eight-year-old boy born in Australia is deported from Turkey along with his family after his Indonesian father allegedly attempted to join the Islamic State group.
Topics: unrest-conflict-and-war, terrorism, turkey, australia, indonesia
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Ashley James from Frontier International and Tom Stockwell from the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association speak about the demand for Australian cattle.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedA shortage of productive heifers might signal a difficult year ahead for those operating in the live cattle export sector.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-marketing, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe British man accused of murdering a Bali police officer tells a court his Australian girlfriend cut up the officer's identification to "protect him" from identity theft, and reenacts his fatal fight with the policeman.
Topics: murder-and-manslaughter, courts-and-trials, bali, indonesia
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Pippin, the West Highland terrier, was a stray, living in a drain in the Indonesian capital of Jakarta. He was rescued by an animal charity and sent to the United States for a better life.
Topics: animal-welfare, animals, indonesia
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| UpdatedThe future was bleak for tiny terrier Pippin until an Indonesian dog rescue charity found a new home for him overseas.
Topics: dog, human-interest, animal-welfare, indonesia
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| UpdatedAn Australian research team has found three unknown shipwrecks at a notorious reef in the Coral Sea, which they say may offer insights into Australia's early trade with Asia.
Topics: history, archaeology, human-interest, maritime, bundaberg-4670, indonesia, sydney-2000, new-caledonia, india
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The Indonesian beef industry meets with representatives of South American countries to discuss biosecurity trade protocols.
Topics: trade, markets, agricultural-prices, agricultural-policy, beef-cattle, darwin-0800, brazil, indonesia