Jewel Topsfield

Jewel Topsfield
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Jewel Topsfield is Fairfax's Indonesia correspondent and the 2016 receipent of the Lowy Institute's Media Award for her reporting on Indonesia and the bilateral relationship with Australia in the aftermath of the execution of several Australians in Indonesia and the cash-for-turnbacks allegations. Jewel has worked for Fairfax Media for 10 years. Most recently, she was education editor at The Age for five years. Prior to that she was the launch deputy editor of the National Times, Fairfax’s online opinion site. She also spent three years in the Canberra Press Gallery covering immigration, education, the environment and water.

Defence fracas shows fault lines in Australia-Indonesia relations
Defence fracas shows fault lines in Australia-Indonesia relations
We are so accustomed to hearing ministers spruik the close relationship between Indonesia and Australia, it can be easy to forget that tensions still simmer below the surface.
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