Jun 02, 2023 Last Updated 2:32 AM, May 31, 2023
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The life and death of Indonesia’s mineral export ban

President Joko Widodo speaks at a podium, with a red banner as a backdrop.
The Jokowi government’s policy shift contributes to pervasive regulatory ambiguity in Indonesia’s mining sector

Stories from Sulawesi

An elderly woman stands in a grass field in a rural dwelling, looking to the side.
The 2009 mining law and the community benefit in Sulawesi

Gambling with truth

Two Acehnese young women hold up colourful protest signs demanding justice for past human rights violations.
Aceh’s Commission for Truth and Reconciliation has an important, though delicate, mission ahead

Accomplice to atrocity?

Keith Shann - The Canberra Times, 15 April 1977.
Australia’s role in the 1965 massacres

What are your true colours?: A conversation

A brief conversation between strangers provokes thoughts on Australia–Indonesia relations Essays and Fiction is a new series of writing in Inside Indonesia that aims to give voice to more personal stories about Indonesia. We welcome submissions in the form of reflective pieces, fiction, artwork, or essays about travel and fieldwork experiences.

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