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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...
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...
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...
Inside the struggle to reform Indonesian football
BY: AISYAH LLEWELLYNA year on from the Kanjuruhan stadium disaster, in which 135 people died, could such a tragedy happen again?Malang, Jakarta, Indonesia - As...
Australia offers $17m payout to Indonesian children jailed as adults
BY: HANNAH RITCHIEMore than 120 Indonesians who say Australia wrongly jailed them as adults - when in fact they were children - have settled...
Australia will pay $27m compensation to Indonesians held in adult jails when they were children
BY: CHRISTOPHER KNAUSCommonwealth agrees to settle with more than 120 Indonesians wrongly detained as adult people smugglers, some when they were as young as...
It’s Time for an Australia-Indonesia Special Strategic Partnership
BY: RIDVAN KILICAustralia and Indonesia share many interests, including upholding international law and norms, particularly on questions of sovereignty. With China’s ongoing assertions in...