I'm not claiming to be an expert on the Corby case, or on law of any kind, all I know is what I've heard through the media (which is probably skewed and bias - but that's a whole other conversation!)

The Australian government offered the services of the AFP to test the point of origin of the dope. That way they could tell if it came from Sydney, Brisbane or Bali. This offer was rejected by the judges. Corby's defense team tried to secure video footage of Brisbane airport, the airport was not forthcoming or helpful. The government is now telling people not to panic because of incidents like the one today: an unmarked envelope was delivered to the Indonesian embassy in the ACT containing some kind of biological matter. It's not identified yet, so all the embassy staff are in isolation and are quarantined until it has been declared not hazardous. Now that the trial is over, the governement have offered the serfvices of two QCs for the appeal. They are also drafting a prisoner transfer agreement to bring Schappelle to Brisbane to serve her sentence. Too little too late maybe, but realistically the government have no influence over the Indonesian court system, so there isn't a lot else they could do. Corby's legal defense was being funded by a local businessman who owns a chain of mobile phone stores, so they didn't need to help with that either.

Something else that has been discussed quite a bit is that there are a hundred or so other Aussies in jail overseas for drug offences, yet no one seems to know them. Is it because she's young and beautiful, or is it because she pleaded not guilty?