Michael Bachelard
Michael Bachelard is Fairfax Media's Indonesia correspondent. A former political reporter and workplace relations writer, he was awarded a Jefferson Fellowship in journalism in 2005. He is the author of Behind The Exclusive Brethren.
A turning point for deforestation
Michael Bachelard The logging company that became a poster child for bad environmental practice and was accused by Greenpeace of ‘‘pulping the planet’’, has agreed to end natural forest logging and rely on plantation...
Extinction risk as Aceh opens forests for logging
Michael Bachelard SOME of the richest and most biodiverse forests in Indonesia will soon be opened up for commercial exploitation under a plan drafted by the new government of Aceh.
Northern neighbour's meat market pricing out Australians exporters
Michael Bachelard and Richard Willingham Nobody notices as the first steer is led quietly into the killing box. There is no struggling and no lowing.
Indonesia's forests of corruption
Michael Bachelard As the public servants of Indonesia's Forestry Ministry stand waiting for the lifts, they are assailed by warnings against graft.
Mega-cities pose climate test as consumption grows
Michael Bachelard The mega-cities of Asia will be the toughest test for climate-change policy as a rising middle class begins to consume goods at rates only previously seen in the west.
Tsunami fears abate after Indian Ocean quake rocks Indonesia
Michael Bachelard A massive earthquake yesterday struck beneath the ocean 346 kilometres south-west of the Indonesian province of Aceh, generating tsunami warnings, but no big wave.
Quake rattles Mexico as Indon tsunami fears recede
Megan Levy and Michael Bachelard A strong earthquake has hit Mexico’s Pacific coast, shaking buildings and sending people running into the streets of the capital Mexico City as two further quakes struck off the US coast.
Majority report: why consensus is all the rage
Michael Bachelard Do the media ignore the scientific uncertainty about climate change? The 'Climate Agenda' series continues as Michael Bachelard reports.
