Sorry to hear about Ms Corby's problem in Bali; and greatly heartened to hear the Australian PM's public sympathy for her.
However if the Australian Government had taken steps to ensure first class representation for her in the first case it might have turned out better and there would be no need for Howard's embarrassing hand-wringing after the verdict.
I suggest a better course of action would have been for the Australian police to have taken apart the airside route of her checked baggage and everybody who could have touched it in Australia. Armed with the weight of the checked baggage on initial departure (from the airline records) police could weigh her baggage as turned over by Bali police (they MUST still have it as evidence). if there's a 4kg discrepancy she's not guilty and an appeal can be launched by a good lawyer with some hope of success. These theives have made it a habit to use unsuspecting passengers and MUST be punished.
Got to say that in Asia to carry drugs is usually punishable with the death penalty; mercifully not in this case. But PLEASE all of you who have youngsters wanting to travel, make sure they understand the importance of personal security and have baggage which is difficult to interfere with - particularly the dangers of the Australian backpack and handbags/mobiles. There is no such thing as "mates" when it comes to baggage.
Don't curse the ordinary Indonesian; his life is difficult enough as it is and yours in Australia is immensely more privileged. Those of you involved in tsunami relief will know this. And please don't disengage from Indonesia either; just try to understand them a bit. It may turn out that the blame for this sad affair lies back in Australia, not in Indonesia.