The ABC has revealed that Balinese developers plan to build a five-story “restaurant and monument” at the site of the Sari Club, where 88 Australians were killed when a car bomb went off in 2002.
A building permit has been issued and local vendors who have been using the vacant lot have been told to “clear out” next week, with construction scheduled to begin on May 9.
In a series of Tweets Prime Minister Scott Morrison slams the decision of a development at the site of the Bali bombings, describing it as “deeply distressing”.
Mr Morrison pledged to attempt to overturn Bali’s decision to approve the development on the site saying that the Australian Government will work with the Indonesian authorities to seek to resolve the issue and ensure the memories and families of all those who were murdered are properly respected.