Indonesian authorities have arrested six people,four of them from the military’s intelligence unit,in connection to the incident that has sent a chill through Indonesian human rights activists.
The move to redevelop the site into a joint training facility highlights the Indonesian president’s eagerness to cement regional relationships amid the rise of China and an unpredictable US under Trump.
Politicians and pundits in Australia tell Muslims it is inappropriate to publicly mourn Iran’s dead supreme leader. There are no such qualms in Jakarta.
Neighbourly love is overflowing between the PM and Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto,but the facts don’t quite match the rhetoric.
Prime Minister Anthony Albanese has signed off on the Treaty of Jakarta,which allows deeper ties between the Australian and Indonesian security forces.
New laws enacted in Indonesia this month criminalise a slew of supposed transgressions ranging from demeaning the president to unmarried sex.
Authorities on the island of Sumatra say they are incapable of responding to the unfolding disaster there – killing at least 770 people – because the destruction is too vast.
One of the challenges for an Australian prime minister is getting the Indonesians interested. And Prabowo Subianto is interested.
Albanese slammed the records of the Abbott,Turnbull and Morrison governments and claimed they hurt Australia’s foreign relations,a view that would be challenged by opponents who set up the AUKUS agreement underpinning Australia’s security strategy.
Readers have strong views on the Liberals’ U-turn on net zero,treaties and real estate under-quoting.