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Indonesia’s new president, former disgraced general Prabowo Subianto, is making an awkward discovery: gaining respect in the international...
It’s true. The night fears have come to pass. The evidence is too great to ignore any longer. My country, our nation, is racist. The seer carrying...
Why volunteer for the military? Academics have some answers. A benign reason is that pay and training opportunities attract, so a return to...
It was supposed to be the Tour Triumphant, showing that Indonesia – the globe’s fourth-most populous nation – has a cosmopolitan new boss who...
Prabowo Subianto has got his diary right: First overseas handshake from the new President of Indonesia is for his bankers in Beijing, President Xi...
It took less than a week for the reality to be exposed. Even Deputy PM Richard Marles must now acknowledge that the nation next door he praises for...
Half the 280 million people in Indonesia are women, though not in the 48-member ministry; just five were drafted this week by the fresh president...
Where’s the torrent of cash expected to flow from Google, Meta and other overseas behemoths plundering Ozzie journalism? Here’s the lates t...
Before debating with Democrat VP candidate Tim Walz, the Republican nominee JD Vance said the contestants’ views matter little because voters go...
There’ll soon be a new leader next door – ageing hardliner Prabowo Subianto. He’s Indonesia’s dark lord with a worrying past of alleged human...
In an age of logic and evidence-based reasoning, modern research has revealed a thousand-year curse. It could be stopping the superstitious and...
The paperwork signing late last month by Defence Minister Richard Marles and his Indonesian counterpart Prabowo Subianto in Magelang ( Central...
How comfy the throne, how rapid the change; a humble Republican from a riverbank shack is plotting to be King of Indonesia surrounded by his regal...
ABC chair Kim Williams reckons the Corporation should focus more on hard news than lifestyle fillers. While purging the pap, he might also look at...
ABC foreign affairs reporter Stephen Dziedzic ’s ’exclusive’ claim that “Australia and Indonesia are on the brink of sealing an upgraded...
A tip for politicians worried about bothersome journos upsetting talking points with probing questions: Don’t invite peskies to your pressies....
Following the 7 October Hamas outrage Australia has been suffering an outburst of race and religious hate. Lawyer Jillian Segal has been made a “...
Guarantee: This report is free of US political toxins. The contents are purely local. The title question deserves a cynic’s response: Only when...
It’s a hoary oldie publicity hook: Imagine something improbable, then feed off the controversy. Launching a balloon’s a common tactic in...