Australia's ambassador to Indonesia has urged Australians living in the country to exercise common sense, given the prospect of some civil disorder there, Radio Australia reported .

Ambassador McCarthy told the radio that Indonesia was undergoing its worst economic crisis in a generation that there was some prospect of civil disorder, but that no particular alarm was warranted.

"There is a certain amount to suggest that, you know, for the remainder of this month and February there could be a climate of uncertainty and that this will involve political volatility," John McCarthy said in broadcast remarks.

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