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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By Ron Witton All countries recall particular years that mark significant national events. For the US, there is 2001 when the World Trade Center was a
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By DUNCAN GRAHAM | On 5 November 2020 There used to be five. Two have died in the past year, so with just three using wheelchairs and walking frames
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By DUNCAN GRAHAM | On 23 October 2020 Indonesian President Joko Widodo wants to snare foreign investors. They’re a wary lot. Though e
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Author: Greg Fealy, ANU A recent survey asked Australians to select words that best represent Indonesia. By far the most popular word was ‘r
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BY: ARISTYO RIZKA DARMAWAN “Joint development” is a misnomer when Chinahas no legal stake in what is Indonesian territory." Jakarta has long made c
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Author: Andree Surianta, ANU For the past decade, the Indonesian government has stepped up efforts to mandate the use of the Indonesian language in al
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Indonesian marine officers get ready for a ceremony in Tanjung Priok, North Jakarta. Taking aggressive steps vis-a-vis China could overturn its growi
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BY: Dr John Ackerman, Jakarta Over the past month, articles and opinion pieces have appeared in the Australian press, deliberating over Indonesia’s C
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By Antonia Timmerman With handed-down memories, Generation Z tries to answer a question from the past. It was 22 years ago this month when racial vio
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