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

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

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

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

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.

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

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.

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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

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

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.

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

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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

Tony Abbott says activists who want to "grandstand" against Indonesia are not welcome in Australia.

Rowan Callick, Deborah Cassrels – Crossbench politicians are demanding that the Abbott government back the calls of three West Papuan activists who in the early hours of yesterday morni

Reporter: Emma Alberici

Katharine Murphy – Tony Abbott has bought himself a fight with a key Senate kingmaker after declaring that West Papua is better off under Indonesian rule.

Australia's Consul-General in Bali has denied making threats to three West Papuan protesters who sought refuge inside the consulate.

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

Simon Benson – Tony Abbott was warned in a phone message from a Victorian Senator that a group of activists were planning to break into the Australian consulate in Bali to stage a prote

Independent senator Nick Xenophon says West Papuan activists were "effectively threatened" to leave the Australian consulate in Bali ahead of Prime Minister Tony Abbott's arrival for th

Marni Cordell and agencies – Three West Papuans who entered the Australian consulate in Bali overnight have left the compound after being warned by the consul-general that the Indonesia

AWPA has faxed the below letter to the Australian Consulate in Bali seeking clarification if the 3 West Papuan students left voluntarily or if were told that they would be handed over t

Australian Greens Senator, Dr Richard Di Natale, today called for the Australian Government to immediately offer sanctuary to three West Papuans.

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President of the United States
White House
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Washington, DC 20500

October 3, 2013

Jakarta – Russia has always supported Indonesia in international politics, said Indonesian Ambassador to Russia Djauhari Oratmangun.

Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste has expressed its wish to be associated with the Malaysian Parliamentary Friend to facilitate better cooperation between the two countries.

Kuala Lumpur – Timor Leste has expressed the desire to emulate Malaysia in developing its infrastructure.

In Tony Abbot's Joint media conference with the Indonesian President he said,

Sandra Siagian – Despite Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott's push to strengthen ties with Indonesia during a meeting with business and government delegates on Tuesday morning, a pre

Kanupriya Kapoor, Jakarta – Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott skirted the question of asylum seekers in talks on Monday in Indonesia, an issue which has threatened to overshadow his

Havana, Cuba – The President of the Democratic Republic of East Timor, Taur Matan Ruak, placed a wreath on Friday by the Monument to National Hero Jose Marti located at the capital's Re

Otniel Tamindael, Jakarta – Most of the basic necessities for the people of Timor Leste, formerly known as East Timor, are sourced from Indonesia.

Havana – In a bilateral meeting with his Cuban counterpart, Raul Castro, last Friday in Havana (or Saturday morning in Timor-Leste), H.E.

Prime Minister Tony Abbott and Foreign Affairs Minister Julie Bishop are visiting Indonesia at the end of September.

Havana – The President of Timor-Leste, Taur Matan Ruak, will arrive in this capital today, after attending the UN General Assembly, in which he condemned the US blockade against this co

Jakarta – Senior officials from Indonesia, Timor Leste and Australia held a trilateral meeting on the sidelines of the 68th United Nations General Assembly, in a bid to enhance connecti

Oecusse, Timor Leste – Timor Leste Home Affairs Minister Jorge da Conceicao Teme has expressed his hope that brotherly relations with Indonesia, particularly with the people of West Tim

Michael Taylor – Indonesia's anti-monopolies regulator has begun an investigation into the country's rapidly growing soybean trade, after a recent spike in domestic prices and a strike

SP/Novianti Setuningsih & Dyah Ayu Pitaloka – The government's poor management of commodities has caused loopholes that have resulted in the creation of cartels among several groups

Jakarta – The Alliance to Save the Indonesian Embassy in Germany has criticized the government for proposing former Jakarta governor Fauzi Bowo as the new envoy to Germany, Europe's lar