Jakarta to no longer be capital of Indonesia, Planning Minister confirms

Posted April 29, 2019 18:37:13 Photo: Indonesia has long-held aspirations to move its capital from the traffic-plagued metropolis. (Supplied: Flickr, Dino Adyansyah) Related Story: Jakarta, a city under pressure from a growing population Related Story: Forest fires and traffic congestion plague Indonesia President Joko Widodo of Indonesia has decided to move the capital of South-East

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Former Timor-Leste leader expects Australia to pay back 'millions' in oil revenue

Posted April 22, 2019 15:22:17 One of the founding fathers of Timor-Leste is confident that Australia will return millions of dollars generated from oil fields that belong to the developing South-East Asian country under an international agreement signed one year ago but yet to be ratified. Key points: Australia and Timor-Leste signed a maritime border

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Almost half the Opal Tower's apartments still empty, four months after evacuation

Updated April 15, 2019 10:37:53 Photo: “Under-designed” critical support beams were blamed for the structural damage. (AAP: Mick Tsikas) Almost half of the apartments in Sydney’s troubled Opal Tower are still vacant, nearly four months after the building was first evacuated on Christmas Eve. Key points: Only 90 of the 392 apartments have been reoccupied

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