Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop walks with her Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari (not in picture) in Baghdad October 18, 2014. Bishop arrived in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials on Australia's role in the fight against Islami
Australia's Foreign Minister Julie Bishop walks with her Iraqi counterpart Ibrahim al-Jaafari (not in picture) in Baghdad October 18, 2014. Bishop arrived in Baghdad for talks with Iraqi officials on Australia's role in the fight against Islamic State. Reuters/Ahmed Saad

Australian Minister for Foreign Affairs Julie Bishop has lost her beloved pearl earring, and she is asking for help in finding it. The 58-year-old politician appeared on television on Monday with a missing accessory.

Bishop appeared on Sky News to discuss the cases of two Australians on death row in Indonesia. It was noticeable, though, that she was only wearing one dangling pearl earring on her right ear. It wasn’t a trend she was trying, but rather an oversight.

She later took to Twitter to explain she had lost the other earring in Martin Place in Sydney. She left a phone number, which connects to her Parliament House office in Canberra, so she could be contacted once the earbob has been found.

Hi Twitter I lost earring in Martin Place today - if found grateful contact me 02 62777500 http://t.co/5c77CdNDKT pic.twitter.com/bNNfox6MgQ”

— Julie Bishop (@JulieBishopMP) January 18, 2015

Her pearl earrings appear to be a favourite of Bishop as she has been photographed several times wearing the same pair since 2014. No one has come forward with the earring yet, but eyewear seller OPSM has volunteered to offer prize to anyone who can retrieve the item.

Need a hand @juliebishopmp? We'll give anyone who finds your earring a $250 gift card for their super eyesight! https://t.co/aBE7BHmhFO — OPSM (@OPSM) January 19, 2015

The Foreign Minister was on Sky News to discuss what the government is doing to spare the lives of Australians Myuran Sukumaran and Andrew Chan, who are both facing the firing squad in the Asian nation. Sukumaran and Chan are the ring leaders of the Bali Nine who have been convicted for drug smuggling.

Sukumaran has been denied clemency, and Chan is expected to be denied as well. Bishop said there had been over 50 meetings between the two countries about Indonesia’s death penalty over the years. However, on each occasion, the Indonesian government has rejected Australia’s appeal. Just recently the country rejected her plea to spare the Australian convicts’ lives, but the Indonesian government remained firm that the death penalty should be applied to drug trafficking cases.

“We will continue to point out that both Mr Sukumaran and Mr Chan have made significant efforts to rehabilitate themselves and it is a longstanding position of Austrlaian governments that we oppose the death penalty and we oppose the execution of Australian nationals by another country,” she said.

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