Does a neighbour make a friend?
Crikey readers lament the passing of the second-hand bookshop and debate what Indonesia really means.
Crikey readers lament the passing of the second-hand bookshop and debate what Indonesia really means.
Should the Australian Federal Police hand over information about Australians who commit crimes overseas to countries with the death penalty?
‘A bright future in his hands’: the rise and rise of Jokowi
Jakarta's young, likeable Governor is one step closer to the presidency, with the backing of a powerful party. But Stuart Ranfurlie, a freelance journalist in Jakarta, asks: is he ready for the big league?
Crikey calling: the Abbott govt’s early report card
CrikeyCanberra correspondent Bernard Keane and deputy editor Cathy Alexander get nostalgic for parliaments past -- Whitlam, anyone? -- and throw in a discussion on the Indonesian spy crisis for good measure.
Australia casts strategic gaze to Indonesia, India
As far afield as Australia might have cast its gaze, its critical interests always have been -- and increasingly are -- closer to home. Crikey's international affairs expert examines our place in the world in 2013.
Despite Corby’s clemency, drugs still diplomatic stumbling block
The narrative of the Corby sentence cut was complicated by the near-simultaneous release and repatriation of three young Indonesians being held in Australia, writes Stuart Ranfurlie in Jakarta.
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