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The Bali Five: Almost 20 years have passed since Matthew Norman, Scott Rush, Martin Stephens, Si Yi Chen, and Michael Czugaj were jailed in Indonesia.

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?

  • Michael Bachelard

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Australian and Indonesian officials on the tarmac before the commercial flight bringing the remaining Bali 9 members returned home.

Inside the race to bring the five remaining Bali Nine home

The sensitivities were so great that the families of the five men were told they could not be in Darwin to greet them when they landed.

  • David Crowe
Inside the negotiations to bring back the five remaining members of the Bali Nine imprisoned in Indonesia.

PM makes a welcome show of compassion for Bali Nine

I will never forget the cold-blooded execution of Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, young Australians sacrificed on the altar of Indonesian domestic politics in 2015 by then-Indonesian president Joko Widodo.

Prabowo Subianto waves to supporters after being sworn in as Indonesia’s eighth president in Jakarta.

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?

  • Zach Hope
Subianto, center, greets supporters after being sworn in as the country’s eighth president in Jakarta.

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.

  • Zach Hope
Joko Widodo speaking at a ground-breaking ceremony for a new hotel.

He rose on a platform of hope and change. He leaves with his nation’s democracy diminished

Joko Widodo is handing over the world’s third-largest democracy to his chosen successor on Sunday.

  • Zach Hope
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Prabowo Subianto and Gibran Rakabuming Raka claiming victory on the night of February 14.

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.

  • Zach Hope
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.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Cartoon avatars for presidential frontrunners Prabowo and Gibran.

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.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies
Scenes from the Indonesian election.

‘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.

  • Zach Hope and Karuni Rompies

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