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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Bagus BT Saragih, Jakarta – The National Intelligence Agency's (BIN) deputy of communication and information Bambang Wiyono refused on Wednesday to comment on allegations that the agenc

Michael Bachelard, Mark Kenny, David Wroe – Australia's asylum-seeker measures in Indonesia have been thrown into disarray with Jakarta pulling the plug on all military co-operation in

Indonesia will suspend all intelligence and military cooperation with Australia – including efforts to combat people smuggling – as officials investigate claims that Australia's intelli

Ben Packham – Indonesia says it doesn't spy on Australia; but it did once, according to a former Indonesian intelligence chief.

Oliver Laughland, Jakarta – The diplomatic falling-out between Australia and Indonesia following the presidential phone tapping revelations reported by Guardian Australia and the ABC do

Jakarta – Business relationships between Indonesia and Australia will remain strong despite the recent wire tapping incidents, a senior official says.

Michael Bachelard – Indonesia will call back its ambassador to Australia and "review" Australian diplomatic positions in Jakarta as anger rises in Indonesia over revelations that Austra

Indonesia's vice president, Boediono, has shrugged off suggestions that recent disputes with Australia regarding asylum seekers and espionage claims have damaged the countries' relation

Michael Field – A 23-strong delegation of politicians from Indonesia-controlled Papua is heading to New Zealand amidst controversy that they're on a junket with little perceived benefit

Randy Fabi and Jonathan Thatcher, Jakarta – Indonesia's ban on shipping unprocessed mineral ore should cut export revenue by no more than 10 percent next year, the country's investment

Jim Middleton and staff – The head of Indonesia's Parliamentary Commission for Foreign Affairs has called for those found to be responsible for spying to be thrown out of Indonesia.

Nyan Lynn Aung and Tim McLaughlin – Aspiring ASEAN member Timor Leste appears likely to remain on the outside for at least another year, as Myanmar's Ministry of Foreign Affairs says th

Michael Bachelard – East Timor's Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao has launched a swingeing attack "powerful countries [who] shamelessly violate the civic rights...

Michael Bachelard – Indonesia has ramped up its reaction to revelations that Australia was systematically spying from its embassy in Jakarta, demanding an end to spying and apparently t

Margareth S.

The government said Thursday it was summoning the Australian ambassador after a report that his embassy in Jakarta was being used for surveillance as part of a US-led spying network.

Jakarta – Industry Ministry MS Hidayat expressed his concerns on Friday over the possibility that local manufacturers would lose out in trading goods when the ASEAN Economic Community [

Ari Susanto, Solo – Opposition to the appointment of Fauzi Bowo, the former Jakarta governor, as Indonesia's ambassador to Germany continues to mount, with a group in Berlin urging Germ

Staff and agencies – The foreign minister, Julie Bishop, has denied that threats were made to three West Papuan activists who scaled the walls of the Australian consulate in Bali.

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

We are writing to express our deep concern about Westmont's planned sponsorship of a paid speaking engagement with former Secretary of State Henry Kissinger.

Paddy Doulman – Prime Minister Tony Abbott's claim that the situation in West Papua is "getting better", in response to a protest by three Papuan activists in the Australian consulate i

Katharine Murphy – The Greens have sought explicit assurances from senior Indonesian officials in Australia about the safety and wellbeing of three West Papuan students who occupied the

Dr Richard Di Natale
Australian Greens Senator for Victoria

West Papua Action Auckland,
Box 68-419,
Auckland

8 October 2013

"We ask for your help. We seek refuge and plea for our safety.

Australian Greens Senator, Richard Di Natale, today called on Trade Minister Andrew Robb to explain misleading remarks about West Papuans who visited the Australian consulate in Bali ov

Jakarta – Finance Minister Chatib Basri and US Secretary of Commerce Penny Pritzker led a high-level meeting of American and Indonesian business leaders on Saturday, which was focused o