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Indonesia cannot afford to put its economy before people

BY: EDUARD LAZARUS TEGUH MAULANA A religious festival has become a super-spreading event. The government knew the risk but didn’t do enough to stop it. Since mid-May,...

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GHOSTS & FINGERS, FISTS & NAILS | The West Report

Indonesia Election. There'll be mayhem Valentine's Day when our neighbours and world's 3rd biggest democracy go to the polls - 80% turn-out. Duncan Graham...

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Sex and the sea slugs. Indonesian boat-people invasion is more about sea cucumbers

BY: DUNCAN GRAHAM Australians ended 2023 to shock-horror reports of “the largest cohort of foreign fishers to be detained in over a decade.” The Return...
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Indonesia Should Advocate for Full ASEAN Membership to the G20

BY: RIDVAN KILICWith Southeast Asia’s economic and political future, there are growing calls to invite ASEAN to take a seat at the G20. Questions...

Here come the SuperApps

BY: HILMAN PALAONIndonesia’s experience with TikTok shows thechallenges posed by social media-e-commerce hybrids.Southeast Asia is being transformed by the rapid growth of e-commerce. Citizens...

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...

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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...

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