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Indonesia’s social media election — for better or worse

Jakarta is the biggest “Twitter city” in the world. Henry Belot of The Citizen looks at the impact of social media on next year’s Indonesian presidential election — and it’s not all rosy.

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Killings in West Papua by Australian-backed anti-terror police

There are reports of offices of Densus 88, Indonesia’s counter-terrorism police, attacking protesters at flag-raising ceremonies across the province of West Papua.

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In Jakarta with Indonesia’s ambitious ‘Obama’ governor

There’s no question that Jakarta’s charismatic new governor, Joko Widodo, is popular. But will his vast appeal and lofty promises translate into an effective government? Kevin Ponniah writes from Jakarta.

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‘Every day I am dying here’: how asylum seekers turn to smugglers

Journalists Andrew Dodd and Christine Horn went to Indonesia to see how people smugglers operate. In part two of their investigation, the cost and complexity of the boat journey to Australia.

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Australia’s waiting room: why they board boats in Indonesia

The waiting game for asylum seekers in Indonesian camps is too much for some. Journalists Andrew Dodd and Christine Horn journey to Cisarua, south of Jakarta, to discover why they board boats to Australia.

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War on arak: how to get drunk in Bali without getting blind

Australians have died and been blinded by dodgy drinks in Indonesia. Crikey intern Jemimah Clegg investigates the mysterious beverage that is arak, why people are drinking it — and what can go wrong.

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The great escape: a slow release to the wild in Malaysia

It was a daring escape: freeing a trapped slow loris — a doe-eyed creature from Borneo’s forests — from under the nose of its captives. Andrew Dodd and Christine Horn grabbed the primate and ran.

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Abortion underground in Indonesia, where the law is no guide

Abortion is brutal business in Indonesia. While Australian aid dollars go to prenatal and postnatal health, the country’s legal framework leaves women with nowhere to turn, writes freelance journalist Beau Donelly.

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Abbott, Indonesia and the ‘cop it sweet’ doctrine

Tony Abbott’s “turn the boats around” policy is demonstrably absurd and, by his own admission, dangerous.

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Ex-Navy commander: turning boats back forces officers to break laws

Tony Abbott’s controversial policy of turning back the boats and returning asylum seekers to Indonesia risks Naval officers breaking the laws of the sea and other international treaties of which Australia is a party to.

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Yudhoyono cares about Indo problems, not Aussie ones

For the leader of a country that has an often troubled history of bilateral relations, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono’s visit to Australia is aimed at addressing domestic concerns and less about assuaging Australia’s interests.

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Aussie banks the most profitable

Australia’s big four banks emerge from an international comparison released overnight as a profitable quartet benefiting from lower operating costs than most.

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Tragedy at sea: over 160 asylum seekers feared dead

Crikey media wrap: Over 160 people are feared dead after an unseaworthy boat packed with asylum seekers from Afghanistan and Iran sank off the coast of Indonesia yesterday.

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Live exports ban: drugs in cattle feed could threaten industry again

Allegations that feed additives, including drugs used to treat asthma, are being given to Australian cattle in Indonesian feedlots have the potential to again threaten the future of the live export industry.

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Gillard adds ‘ballast’ to shore up Indon relationship

Australia’s relationship with Indonesia is continuing at its all-time high following the conclusion of the East Asia Summit in Bali.

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Crikey says: no excuse for ignorance when it comes to West Papua

At least two journalists have been killed in West Papua, five abducted and 18 assaulted in the past year.

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Indonesia’s silent genocide

For a country so close to Australia, so few Australian citizens remain aware of the genocide that is taking place less than 50 miles beyond the country’s northern shores, says Benny Wanda.

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The Southeast Asian Games: where politics and sport vie for medals

The 2011 Southeast Asian Games have been plagued by controversies that reflect pressures within Indonesian society and government, reports Simon Creak in Inside Story. But the organisers might just pull it off

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A form guide to Indonesia’s presidential contenders and pretenders

Indonesia’s next presidential election may still be three years away, but that has done little to dampen speculation over who will put themselves forward, writes Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.

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The Age goes to Bali: the worst travel article ever published?

There’s a nauseating article all over the Fairfax press today titled “Bali: why bother?”, where the journalist complained of the touts in Ubud ruining her tropical holiday. What absolute, elitist rubbish, declares Amber Jamieson.

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One of the planet’s “most destructive companies” stresses about Aussie image

A recent event hosted by the Indonesian Ambassador revealed just how concerned the large Indonesian forestry companies are about recent public debates in Australia focussing on rainforest destruction in Indonesia, writes Reece Turner.

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Live export industry’s hypocrisy on animal activists

A 2009 report shows that the cattle industry regarded animal welfare as a marketing problem, that needed more funding for ads.

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Scientific debates are not settled on letters pages

Crikey reads have their say.

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Corruption in Indonesia a case of here comes the bribe

It’s no surprise that Indonesia is awash with corruption. What is surprising is the lack of anger at this state of affairs among ordinary Indonesians, writes Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta.

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The appallingly violent, painful, and torturous treatment of our cattle

After Four Corners last night aired evidence of Australian cattle being brutally treated, Melissa Parke, the federal member for Fremantle and opponent of ive exports, delivered a 10-minute speech to the house. Here is a transcript.

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