Sydney newspaper reopens bureau here<\/p>\n
JAKARTA (JP): The Sydney Morning Herald has reopened its
\nbureau in Jakarta after a 14-year hiatus which was caused in part
\nby a long running feud between the Indonesian government and the
\nAustralian media.<\/p>\n
Louise Williams, formerly the Herald's foreign editor, is now
\nthe correspondent in Jakarta. Williams is also representing the
\nHerald's sister newspaper, the Melbourne Age.<\/p>\n
The Herald is the latest Australian media establishment to
\nreopen its bureau in Jakarta in recent years following the
\ngovernment's more relaxed policy toward Australian journalists
\nworking in Indonesia.<\/p>\n
The Australian Associated Press, ABC, the Australian and the
\nAustralian Financial Review were among the first to reopen.<\/p>\n
\"It has been a difficult process,\" Williams told The Jakarta
\nPost by phone. She said that she came to Jakarta to submit the
\napplication the first time in 1989.<\/p>\n
Williams, one of the Herald's senior journalists, has served
\nforeign correspondent stints in Manila, between 1986 and 1988,
\nand in Bangkok between 1989 and 1991.<\/p>\n
She has visited Indonesia on a number of assignments,
\nincluding the series of Cambodian peace talks known as the
\nJakarta Informal Meeting process in the late 1980s.<\/p>\n
The seesaw relation between the government and the Australian
\nmedia took its worst turn in 1986 when Jakarta imposed a blanket
\nban on all Australian journalists. The move came after a series
\nof articles in the Sydney Morning Herald detailing the businesses
\nof President Soeharto's children. The government said the
\narticles were offensive.<\/p>\n
Last year, the Australian media had a hand in pushing the
\nIndonesian government to withdraw the appointment of an Army
\ngeneral as its ambassador only days before his scheduled
\ndeparture to Canberra. (emb)<\/p>",
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