Renae Lawrence left Bali's Bangli jail through a media scrum after serving 13 years of her 20-year sentence.
She had been arrested alongside the eight other members of the group in 2005, after they were caught attempting to smuggle heroin out of Bali's international airport and into Australia. Lawrence had 2.7 kilograms (5.9 pounds) of the narcotic strapped to her body.
A decade later, the execution by firing squad of the group's two ringleaders, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran, was met with outrage in Australia, in what then-Prime Minister Tony Abbott called a "dark moment in the relationship" between the two countries.
Lawrence left prison on Wednesday evening in Bali, and is expected to be deported to Australia shortly. She will be placed on a blacklist that bars her from ever returning to Indonesia, immigration officials said.
She had initially been sentenced to life in prison, but later had the punishment commuted to 20 years and was released early on good behavior.
Australian police are likely to talk to Lawrence on her return, as there are two outstanding warrants for her arrest in the country relating to a high-speed chase involving a stolen vehicle, AFP reported.
Another member of the group died from cancer in prison, and the remaining five are all serving life sentences.
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