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The fight to save Chan and Sukumaran

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RECENT EVENTS SURROUNDING THE EXECUTIONS OF ANDREW CHAN AND MYURAN SUKUMARAN:

WEDNESDAY, MARCH 4

- Chan and Sukumaran are transferred from a Bali jail to the prison island of Nusakambangan, where they are due to be shot

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- Foreign Minister Julie Bishop vows to pursue every possible avenue to save them

- Australia says a trade mission to Indonesia has been postponed, and warns of other consequences if the executions proceed

- Prime Minister Tony Abbott says Indonesia's position appears to be hardening

- Attorney-General George Brandis reveals Australia has made at least 22 representations in Indonesia since January, in a bid to save the pair

- Ms Bishop rises in parliament to directly urge Indonesian President Joko Widodo to let the men live

THURSDAY, MARCH 5

- Politicians from all sides of politics attend a dawn vigil for the condemned men in Canberra

- News breaks of an Australian offer to repatriate three convicted Indonesian drug criminals if Chan and Sukumaran are spared

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- Mr Abbott seeks a final phone call with President Widodo

- President Widodo indicates Chan and Sukumaran won't be executed this week

- Mr Abbott appeals in the parliament for Indonesia to pull back from the brink

- Australian Federal Police say they've made their own appeals to Indonesia to try to save them

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- The families of Chan and Sukumaran arrive in central Java before final visits with the men on Nusakambangan island

- Australia says it will lodge an official complaint over photos of a smiling Denpasar police chief with Chan, as he and Sukumaran are flown away from Bali for execution

MARCH 6

- President Widodo reportedly says "no way" to the prisoner swap deal, and reveals he's yet to speak again with Mr Abbott

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- Indonesia's attorney-general refuses to confirm if the executions will go ahead next week, saying at least three days notice must be given and adding: "It could be 10 days."

- Ms Bishop writes again to her Indonesian counterpart seeking a "pause" to consider options for saving the Australians

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