''Inside Indonesia'' is an Australian based journal, that has evolved into an online journal about

Indonesia Indonesia, officially the Republic of Indonesia, is a country in Southeast Asia and Oceania between the Indian and Pacific oceans. It consists of over 17,000 islands, including Sumatra, Java, Sulawesi, and parts of Borneo and New Guine ...

. It was very similar to Tapol Bulletin in that it was created during the New order era, and many people

wanted to provide information about the growing numbers of people and organisations in Indonesia who were involved in attempts to bring about social and political change amidst the very repressive conditions at that time under the
Suharto Suharto (; ; 8 June 1921 – 27 January 2008) was an Indonesian army officer and politician, who served as the second and the longest serving president of Indonesia. Widely regarded as a military dictator by international observers, Suharto ...
regime.

It evolved from a group of

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-based activists and academics who perceived Australian media's misinformation and continued lack of coverage of Indonesia affairs. The group were known when they started in 1983 as the Indonesian Resources and Information Program (IRIP). The magazine was published until 2007 - at that stage it became an online production only. As of June 2010 it has reached edition 100.

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