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Julie Bishop Australian Foreign Minister says Kenya mall attack is brutal

Foreign Minister Julie Bishop has given Indonesia assurances Australia will not spy on Jakarta anymore as she tries to repair the damage to bilateral ties.

Immigration Minister refuses to discuss asylum seeker strip searches

by Australian Times

2013-11-29 08:11

Immigration Minister Scott Morrison is refusing to say if asylum seekers in offshore detention will be strip searched under enhanced security measures.

Protests erupt as Abbott responds to SBY

by Australian Times

2013-11-22 09:11

Protests have erupted in Jakarta as Prime Minister Tony Abbott responds to Indonesia's call to explain the tapping of the president's phone.

Australian flags burn as tension rises in Jakarta over phone tapping

by Australian Times

2013-11-21 09:11

Protesters have warned Australians would be targeted unless Indonesia receives an apology over the phone tapping scandal.

On the rocks; Anti-Australian rhetoric on rise in Indonesia

by Australian Times

2013-11-19 09:11

Australia has been accused of betraying Indonesia amid an outbreak in nationalist rhetoric in the wake of fresh spying allegations.

People smugglers struggle as demand dives

by Australian Times

2013-10-30 09:10

People smugglers in Indonesia have formed a “super syndicate” as Australia’s new resettlement policy sees demand for their services from asylum seekers plummet.

Abbott softens on asylum boat turn-back plan

by Australian Times

2013-10-01 08:10

Prime Minister Tony Abbott seems to have toned down his tough talk on the asylum-seeker issue after meeting the Indonesian president.

Abbott makes asylum seeker boat plan top priority

by Australian Times

2013-09-11 10:09

A strategy to stop asylum seeker boat arrivals is at the top of Tony Abbott’s to-do list for next week after his ministry is sworn in.

Abbott’s election in Australia would trigger ‘crisis in relations’

by AAP

2012-07-12 10:07

Foreign Minister Bob Carr has sharpened his attack on the Coalition's asylum seeker policy, warning a win by Tony Abbott at the next election will result in a dramatic unwinding in Australia's relations with Indonesia.