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.
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.
Crikey Says: 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.
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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.
Your Say: Daily Mail readers' feedback: Scientific debates are not settled on letters pages
Crikey reads have their say.
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.
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.
Media briefs: Dept of Corrections … hello Canadian HuffPo! … WikiLeaks, the musical …
In today’s Media Briefs: Suharto’s son wins damages from magazine … Oprah finale rakes highest ratings in 18 years … The life of WikiLeaks founder to be played out on stage … and more …
Political snippets: Get ready to spend twice as much
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development is predicting that Australia expenditure on long-term care (LTC) for the elderly as a share of GDP is expected to at least double, and could even triple, by 2050.
Spy versus spy … when even the closest allies have secrets
The world of intelligence is, by definition, shrouded in secrecy, so that often what we know is limited or partial and the rest is, hopefully, what makes sense based on a longer-term picture of events.
Hey Tony, funding Indonesian schools works
As Julie Bishop and Tony Abbott fight over foreign aid cuts, Crikey examines why his proposal to cut $400 million from Australia’s aid budget to Indonesia’s schools program is a desperate measure, and one that won’t see the light.
People smuggling won’t stop until the customer base dissolves
It’s virtually impossible to adequately police the thousands of kilometres of Indonesian coastline and prevent Indonesia’s fishermen from crewing boats to Australia, writes Sue Hoffman, a Perth-based refugee advocate.
Wilkie’s ‘disruption operation’ solution: sugar in the fuel tank?
Intelligence sharing, sugar in the fuel tank or drilling holes in boats — just what did Andrew Wilkie mean when he called for re-energised “disruption operations” as a way of halting the people smuggling trade?
A family holiday outside the box
What if you’re the parents of tweens, who have already travelled to many of the typical Gold Coast et al Aussie destinations. What if you want to holiday somewhere a little different? The Cocos Islands aren’t just for asylum seekers, says Alison Drew-Forster.
Top ten overlooked stories of 2010
They were the biggest barely covered stories of the year: the headlines that weren’t. Joshua E. Keating has compiled ten of 2010’s most overlooked trends and events, including the rise of Indonesia and the construction of nuclear power plants in Africa.
Essential: Voters rate Joe on banks, and we want to get closer to China
More of us want to get closer to China than the United States, Essential Research’s new poll shows. And there’s strong support for gay marriage as well.
Why do Australians keep ignoring Indonesian laws?
Schapelle Corby broke Indonesian laws in Indonesia and was tried and sentenced appropriately by an Indonesian court. The “ignorant arrogance” of the Corby lobby damages Australia-Indonesia relations, says a scathing Bali Times editorial.
In foreign policy, Gillard needs to undo the damage of the Rudd era
Julia Gillard needs to remove foreign policy emphasis from China and undo the damage of the Rudd government era while focusing on other nations in the South East Asia region, says a foreign affairs expert.
