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 hails goodwill

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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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