ECONOMIC
Southeast Asia’s first high-speed train – a boon or bust for Indonesia’s economy?
BY: NYSHKA CHANDRANA $7.3 billion high-speed electric rail line between Indonesia’s two biggest cities is set to be launched in October, marking a milestone...
Business partnerships the winner from Jokowi’s visit but visa reforms fall short
BY: ROSS TAYLOR
For years, Indonesian and Australian leaders have been meeting to shake hands and declare the huge potential for our two countries to...
Reviving Trepang Diplomacy in the Australia-Indonesia Trade Relationship
BY: RIDVAN KILICThe historic Makassan-Yolngu relationship between Indonesian fishermen and Australian First Nations peoples is often overlooked. In moving forward, acknowledging and reviving trepang...
Australia and Southeast Asia: Driving EV collaboration across borders
BY: NICHOLAS BASANA regional value chain for battery production – with Australia to process critical minerals and export these products – is too good...
Considered economic diplomacy required in the wake of Jokowi visit
BY: ARON CORBETT
Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo unveiled an ambitious vision for an expanded economic partnership with Australia during his three-day visit to Sydney...
Albo Can Impress Jokowi by Incorporating Indonesians into the Australian ETA
BY: RIDVAN KILIC
The current Australian visa requirements for Indonesians are hindering tourism, family visits, business, and trade between Australia and Indonesia. At the same...
Speeding up Indonesia’s EV ambition
BY: AHMAD MUNAWIR SIREGAR | AKHMAD HANANEnsuring sustainability is crucial to fully realise theenvironmental benefits of a switch away from fossil fuels.With electric vehicles...
NEWS
Australia and Indonesia should forge business ties in lithium
BY: NICHOLAS BASAN
Nicholas Basan is a New Colombo Plan Scholar with the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade."Potential" has long been used to...
Indonesia’s New Criminal Code: Scaling Up Conservatism and Watering Down Protections for Critics and Minorities
By Tito Ambyo
Jakarta’s new criminal code promises more conservatism and fewer rights for citizens. For many, it is a failure by the Indonesian House...
Suddenly, with its new criminal code, Indonesia is a democracy in crisis
BY: CHRISTOPHER WARRENThe country's new laws takes human rights back to the bad old days, activists say, and are 'oppressive and vague' and 'deeply...