indonesia – Stilgherrian

03 September 202503 September 2025

The 9pm Usual Chaos in Indonesia and Thailand with Erin Cook

A white woman with her long brown hair tied back wears a yellow and black top, sunglasses, and a smile like the Mona Lisa. Behind her stretches out a view of a tropical landscape and, eventually, the ocean. It?s Erin Cook! — *Journalist Erin Cook towers above South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied)*

There’s been riots in Indonesia with at least nine people killed. And there’s political chaos in Thailand as the prime minister is sacked and 15 political parties scramble to form coalitions so they can choose a new PM. So who better to talk to than journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia?

16 July 202530 December 2025

The 9pm Half-time Bingo Card Update 2025 with Snarky Platypus

Illustrative stock imagery of a bingo card and bingo player stamps, with an inset image of a random platypus. — *Main image by* Rudonni *via Pixabay. Foreground bingo card originally by Milton Bradley Company,* photo by Abby Hendrickson *under under a* CC-BY 2.0 Generic *license. Platypus inset photo by Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler. Digital composition by Stilgherrian.*

Back at the start of the year, my good friend Snarky Platypus and I created a bingo card for 2025. A set of 25 things that might happen. Well, we’re half-way through the year, so let’s see how we went.

11 July 202511 July 2025

The 9pm AUKUS and the Echidna with Sam Roggeveen

A middle-aged white bloke wears a black jacket and t-shirt and, with arms folded, looks straight into the camera. An inset shows a book cover reading: �The Echidna Strategy: Australia�s Search for Power and Peace by Sam Roggeveen�. And it has a picture of an echidna. — *Sam Roggeveen (Photo: Petri Kurkaa*). Inset: The cover of The Echidna Strategy. (Image: Black Inc Books)

Any moment now, Donald Trump might cancel AUKUS, the massive defence agreement which among other things would see Australia buying eight nuclear-powered submarines. AUKUS has become the big thing in Australia’s defence procurement, but do we need it? Sam Roggeveen thinks not, and he’s our guest today.

07 June 202505 September 2025

The 9pm Australia’s Most Important Relationship is with Indonesia with Erin Cook

Let’s kick off the Edict‘s mid-2025 series with a look at Australia’s relationship with Indonesia, because Jakarta was the first international city prime minister Anthony Albanese visited after his re-election. Our special guest is journalist Erin Cook, who specialises in South-East Asia.

21 April 202528 April 2025

The 9pm Triple Mammal Chinese Spy Ship Panic with Snarky Platypus

On a bright blue sea against a bright blue sky is a modern bright blue ship with white superstructure. The bow is high and rugged-looking. The stern has cranes and such. — *Chinese marine research vessel Tan Suo Yi Hao*. (Photo: Institute of Deep-sea Science and Engineering) *Inset: A platypus, but not that one. (Taronga Conservation Society Australia / Chris Wheeler)*

The summer series is dragging on, and there’s still so many things on our minds. So joining me for a bonus episode is my good friend Snarky Platypus.

10 October 202410 October 2024

The 9pm Indonesia and Thailand Crash Update with Erin Cook

Erin Cook stands like a colossus over the entirety of South-East Asia. (Photo: Supplied )

As regular listeners to the Edict will know, I reckon Australians should know more about the other nations in our region. So our special guest today is journalist Erin Cook, who covers South-East Asia, and we’re talking Indonesia and Thailand. Mostly.