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  • Early release of Abu Bakar Bashir will further harm perceptions of Indonesia January 12, 2021
  • Asian language learning in Australia was a disgrace 40 years ago. It is now much... January 9, 2021
  • Robbie’s run: From pro footballer to sports diplomat January 4, 2021
  • Dumb and dumber: language cuts risk Australia’s regional relationships December 16, 2020
  • The value of learning languages, as university arts degree fees increase sharply December 14, 2020

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January 12, 20210

Early release of Abu Bakar Bashir will further harm perceptions of Indonesia

BY: Ross Taylor Last Friday the alleged mastermind of the 2002 Bali bombings, Abu Bakar Bashir, walked-free from his prison cell in Bogor, located clo

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January 9, 20210

Asian language learning in Australia was a disgrace 40 years ago. It is now much worse.

By JOHN MENADUE An important issue we worked on in the Department (of Immigration and Ethnic Affairs) was foreign language learning. We set the p

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January 4, 20210

Robbie’s run: From pro footballer to sports diplomat

Robbie Gaspar the first Australian footballer to play professionally in Indonesia. Source: Supplied. BY JOHN DAVIDSON Robbie Gaspar’s playing career

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The opportunity to study Indo-Pacific languages at Australian universities is diminishing.CREDIT:SEAN DAVEY
December 16, 20201

Dumb and dumber: language cuts risk Australia’s regional relationships

The opportunity to study Indo-Pacific languages at Australian universities is diminishing. CREDIT:SEAN DAVEY By Melissa Crouch La Trobe, Swinburne, M

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December 14, 20200

The value of learning languages, as university arts degree fees increase sharply

In 2006, Norway was making half a billion dollars every month in profits from just one of its offshore oil rigs. Surely the person in charge of decidi

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December 14, 20200

Indonesia-China cooperation: Standby for take-off

BY: MUHAMMAD ZULFIKAR RAKHMAT & HABIB PASHYA For all the obstacles in the relationship, ties betweenJakarta and Beijing look set to only continue

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December 6, 20200

Indonesia’s Omnibus Law won’t kill corruption

BY: JOHANNES NUGROHO The new legislation will shift regional power dynamics,but it can’t eradicate an entrenched culture of kickbacks. Indonesia's ne

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December 2, 20205

What to do about China? Ask our neighbours.

BY: ROSS B TAYLOR The growing alarm by business leaders, here in Australia, about the deteriorating relationship with China has now been validated, wi

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November 10, 20204

Biden may bring a steady hand to our region, but not much else for now

By: Ross B Taylor AM Subject to any extraordinary challenge, Joe Biden will be the next president of the USA, so what will that mean for the Indo Paci

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November 5, 20200

Pompeo hits some bum notes in Indonesia

BY: DAVID ENGEL High-level visits to and from Indonesia in recent weeks have highlighted how differently major powers are playing the instruments of

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