Indonesian election
Jail, death and politics: Why we can’t know much about the Bali five
Australia’s clandestine extraction of five former drug smugglers from Indonesia looked like a victory. So what’s with all the secrecy?
- by Michael Bachelard
Latest
Prominent Widodo critic arrested days into new Indonesian president’s reign
The arrest of Thomas Lembong, who is well-known and respected in Australian political circles, has raised the eyebrows of those trying to understand the new administration of Prabowo Subianto.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Analysis
China relations
In the job seven days, Asia’s newest leader is already standing up to China
Prabowo Subianto hadn’t even lived a day of his presidential honeymoon period when China started harassing a state-owned ship. What’s it all about?
- by Zach Hope
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Democracy
Once blacklisted from Australia, Western leaders now want this hard man ruler on their side
Prabowo Subianto’s inauguration as Indonesian president on Sunday caps a remarkable political comeback from years on Western blacklists.
- by Zach Hope
Indonesian court knocks back calls for presidential election re-run
The ruling has sparked street protests from backers of the failed presidential candidates, who had both claimed fraud.
- by Zach Hope
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Prabowo Subianto
Claims of widespread fraud as ex-military strongman is declared Indonesian president
The runner-up duo has now lodged legal action alleging Joko Widodo’s son was ineligible to run despite a court’s green light.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
‘Not too many surprises’: Prabowo, Indonesia’s fiery next president, vows good neighbourly relations
The prickly ex-general on Friday welcomed Deputy Prime Minister Richard Marles to Jakarta to speak about people smuggling, the Navy and an upgraded defence agreement.
- by Zach Hope
How a Pixar-esque makeover helped put a military hardman in the palace
Long the loser, former military hardman Prabowo Subianto is expected to become Indonesia’s next president. This is how he did it.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Blindsided: The crash that rocked boardrooms and Australia’s wealthy investors
Nickel was a rising star of Australia’s battery-driven green energy mining boom, but then events in Indonesia changed everything.
- by Simon Johanson and Colin Kruger
‘Gentler’ strongman Prabowo looks to have scored first-round knockout
If confirmed in the official tally next month, the 72-year-old would fulfil a decades-long dream of high office. Victory would also install the 36-year-old son of popular incumbent Joko Widodo as the nation’s vice president.
- by Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Analysis
For subscribers
Prabowo derided outsiders but he doesn’t mind Australians
The man in line to be Indonesia’s next president has a long memory. He hasn’t forgotten what Australians did in 1945 to support his country’s independence.
- by Zach Hope
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