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Leading article Australia

Triumph in Jakarta

5 October 2013

9:00 AM

5 October 2013

9:00 AM

Walking into the gilt opulence of the ‘Credentials Room’ of the Istana Merdeka palace in Jakarta, our new Prime Minister glanced surreptitiously down at the floor to ensure he ‘hit his mark’, as actors say, stopping in precisely the right spot to face the cameras for the official photos of his final meeting with President Yudhoyono.

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