Jakarta – The White House has congratulated the people of Indonesia on a successful presidential election that saw strong public participation and high voter turnout on Wednesday.

John Garnaut – Australia has removed the name of one of Indonesia's most controversial Suharto-era generals from a visa black list, in case he wins tomorrow's presidential election.

Kate Lamb, Jakarta – Canberra should prepare to deal with a less accommodating northern neighbour, analysts have warned, as Indonesia awaits the departure of Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono an

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Michael Bachelard, Jakarta – Australia has a "phobia" about Indonesia and is to blame for the poor relationship between the two countries, strong-man presidential candidate Prabowo Subi

Harry Pearl, Jakarta – President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's visit to Fiji this week reflects Indonesia's desire to assert more power and influence among its neighbors, foreign policy an

Jakarta – US Ambassador Robert Blake has highlighted growing cooperation between the US government and its counterparts in Indonesia, including local administrations and civil society o

Fadli and Yohana Ririhena, BATAM/Jakarta – While praising his host President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono as a great statesman and a true friend of his country, Australian Prime Minister To

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is to attend the D-day anniversary celebrations in France and will stop in Indonesia briefly to meet with President Yudhyono to try and smooth relations with

Eduardo Mariz – The district of Oecusse, an isolated portion of Timor-Leste in Indonesian territory, carries under its name the nostalgic origins of a nation.

As the 51st anniversary of the transfer of the territory of West Papua to Indonesia by The United Nations Temporary Executive Authority (UNTEA) on the 1 May in 1963 approaches, AWPA has

Paul Farrell, Perth – The chief of the Australian navy has sacked a senior commanding officer involved in one of the incursions into Indonesian waters.

Mr Gusmao met China's top leaders in the first visit by an East Timorese Prime Minister in 11 years.

Beijing – Chinese President Xi Jinping met with Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao on Tuesday and both announced to forge an all-round cooperative partnership between the two co

Jakarta – The victory of Prabowo Subianto in the upcoming presidential election might harm Indonesia-US ties following a New York Times report saying that his candidacy has raised deep

Leona Hameed – Charles Scheiner has worked for La'o Hamutuk ("Walking Together" – the Timor-Leste Institute for Development Monitoring and Analysis) since August of 2001, a year and a h

Putrajaya – Malaysia and Timor-Leste are set to elevate bilateral relations by expanding the current co-operation and exploring untapped potentials in strategic fields in the two countr

Bandar Seri Begawan – Brunei's Sultan Hassanal Bolkiah has said the three-day official visit by Timor-Leste's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao to his country would pave the way for greater

Jayapura – Fiji's opposition has accused an Indonesian delegation planning to visit the Pacific country next week of intervening in Fiji's internal politics by supporting Prime Minister

Havana, Cuba – Mari Alkatiri, former Prime Minister of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, requested from Cuba on Friday in this capital professional and technical assistance in the

Ezra Sihite & Hendro Situmorang – A legislator has demanded that the government retake control of foreign-owned stakes in the country's biggest telecommunications companies, followi

Markus Junianto Sihaloho, Jakarta – A minister has threatened to punish Indonesian telecommunications companies if found to be complicit in allowing US and Australian intelligence agenc

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Oliver Laughland and Bridie Jabour – Indonesia has said Australia and America need to "clean up their mess" to salvage relations with Indonesia after revelations that Australia spied on

Jakarta – In a sign of intensified relations between the two nations, Indonesia and the United States will sign two agreements during US Secretary of State's visit to Jakarta, a ministe

Margareth S. Aritonang, Jakarta – Indonesian Military (TNI) commander Gen.

Joe Collins from the Australia West Papua Association responds to Peter McCawley's item on Peter Cosgrove's views on Indonesia, a piece which also mentioned Ambassador Greg Moriarty:

Prime Minister Tony Abbott is being urged to negotiate with East Timor to establish permanent maritime boundaries with Australia's northern neighbour, determining clear ownership of val

The Australian National Archives has released ten thousand previously secret cabinet documents from the years 1986 and 1987.

Linda Yulisman, Jakarta – In a bid to meet rising domestic demand, the government will more than double the import volume of fruit and vegetables in 2014 from last year.

Jeffrey Hutton, Jakarta – Indonesian Vice-President Boediono has quashed hopes of an early end to the standoff between Canberra and his country in the wake of Indonesia's decision to su

Colin Brown – It has been suggested that SBY himself may have taken a strong position in order to try to shore up support for his Democrat Party in the elections.

Colin Brown – When I started planning this paper, I intended to focus on the period of the second SBY Cabinet (since 2009), and to look in the broad at the ways in which Australia featu

Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa has given a cautious response to comments by prime minister Tony Abbott that Australia will continue to spy on its northern neighbour.

Reheated allegations that Australia bugged Timor-Leste's leaders during negotiations over resource revenues will reinforce perceptions that colonialism still underpins our foreign polic

Tri Artining Putri, Jakarta – Despite the rising tension, the Indonesian government decided to accept nine Hercules C-130 airplane donation from Australia.

Michael Bachelard and Heath Aston – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's hopes for a quick resumption of co-operation with Indonesia appear dashed after Jakarta outlined a road map to restoring

Dan Harrison – A senior East Timorese minister has backed Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono's call for a code of conduct on spying, questioning whether intelligence gatherin

Leo Shanahan – East Timor Minister of State Agio Pereira has said allegations of spying by Australian intelligence on Indonesia's President will not be used as ammunition in Dili's disp

East Timor is accusing Australia of bugging its cabinet for commercial advantage and threatening to end a lucrative gas treaty over the claims.

The Abbott Government is facing fresh accusations of spying on a near neighbour and it could cost Australia dearly.

Amid the furore over allegations of spying on Indonesia's leaders, East Timor has repeated claims that Australia bugged its leaders during delicate negotiations on the Timor Sea resourc

Conor Duffy, Nikki Tugwell, Peter Lloyd and staff – Australia is under further pressure over spying in the region, with East Timor accusing spies of bugging its cabinet room for commerc

Oliver Laughland in Canberra and Karima Anjani in Jakarta – Indonesia's president says his country will restore normal diplomatic relations with Australia if the prime minister, Tony Ab

Oliver Laughland – Indonesia is bolstering its intelligence capabilities in the wake of the phone tapping revelations, as the Australian prime minister, Tony Abbott, awaits a reply from

Megan Gorrey – A top Indonesian immigration official has vowed to no longer stand in the way of asylum seekers trying to make their way to Australian shores by boat as the fallout over

Dicky Christanto, Jakarta – The ongoing friction between Indonesia and Australia over wiretapping allegations can be seen as a blessing in disguise as it is uniting groups with differen

Michael Bachelard – Protests about Australia's spying on Indonesia moved from the palace to the streets on Thursday with the hardline "Red and White Brigade" rallying outside the Austra

Michael Bachelard – Indonesia's former top spy master has accused his own President of exaggerating the problem of phone tapping, saying attempts by intelligence agencies to snoop on na

Katharine Murphy – Officials from the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade have now confirmed consular staff in Bali threatened to call the police if a group of West Papuan activists