Indonesia hands Australia draft Bali Nine repatriation deal in ‘significant step forward’

Australia’s home affairs minister Tony Burke says some issues are yet to be resolved but meeting had ‘significant’ goodwill

The Indonesian government has handed Australia a draft proposal for the repatriation of the Bali Nine members still in prison, a deal it hopes can be finalised by the end of December.

There was hope a final deal could be reached as soon as possible, Indonesia’s minister for law, Yusril Ihza Mahendra, said in a joint press conference after meeting with Australia’s home affairs minister, Tony Burke, in Jakarta on Tuesday.

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