Montara oil spill: Push to raise disaster at Bali summit as Julie Bishop visits Indonesia

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated October 27 2016 - 11:08pm, first published October 26 2016 - 9:49pm
Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomes Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, on Wednesday. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Indonesian President Joko Widodo welcomes Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop at Merdeka Palace in Jakarta, on Wednesday. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
A seaweed farmer from the Indonesian island of Rote, where locals say their fish stocks and seaweed crops were devastated after the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
A seaweed farmer from the Indonesian island of Rote, where locals say their fish stocks and seaweed crops were devastated after the 2009 Montara oil spill in the Timor Sea. Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, on Wednesday. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Foreign Minister Julie Bishop talks with Indonesian Foreign Minister, Retno Marsudi, on Wednesday. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah

Jakarta: An advocate for victims of the worst oil spill in the history of Australia's offshore petroleum industry is lobbying for the 2009 maritime disaster to be raised at a meeting in Bali to be attended by Foreign Minister Julie Bishop.

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