In late May 2024, Indonesia’s Anti-corruption Commission (KPK) began prosecuting former Supreme Court Judge Gazalba Saleh in the Central Jakarta District Court. It indicted him for taking a bribe of around Rp 650 million to overturn a businessperson’s conviction and one-year prison sentence (for failing to properly manage hazardous waste his company produced).
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In November 2023, a unique event occured. Eight gamelan groups – Gamelan DanAnda, Kacapi Suling Melbourne, Mahindra Bali Gamelan, Melbourne Community Gamelan, Mugi Rahayu, Putra Panji Asmara, Talo Balak, Selonding Sapta Nugraha – came together to perform at a small church in Northcote, a suburb in North Melbourne.
Since the fall of Soeharto over two decades ago, the Indonesian media landscape has been dominated by a handful of powerful oligarchs.
Pemerintah Australia dan Indonesia bersama-sama meluncurkan sebuah kolaborasi universitas dan riset bilateral untuk Sulawesi melalui Kemitraan Riset Australia Indonesia (PAIR).
On 2 May 2024, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) presented Airlangga Hartarto, the Indonesian Coordinating Minister for Economic Affairs, with a roadmap to guide accession discussions with Indonesia.
The talk on the street is all about electric cars and scooters as Indonesia strives to become a regional centre for manufacturing electric vehicles. At the heart of that goal is constructing a national supply chain of locally built battery hubs to drive the transition to electric.
Dr Anthea Skinner, Prof Lisa Palmer, Prof Marcia Langton, Prof Aaron Corn, Dr Kristen Smith, Prof Brian Djangirrawuy Gumbula-Garawirrtja, Renelle Gandjitjiwuy Gondarra, Prof. Muhlis Hadrawi, James Pilbrow.
Indonesia has one of the highest smoking rates in the world – approximately two thirds of adults are classified as smokers.
Komunitas pesisir, kesetaraan ekonomi, perubahan iklim dan inklusi sosial hanyalah beberapa topik penelitian yang dibahas ketika delegasi Australia-Indonesia Centre mengunjungi Universitas Hasanuddin baru-baru ini.
Remember Simon & Garfunkel’s ballad “The Sound of Silence”? It bemoans those who enter a conversation to advance their own views without genuinely attempting to understand the ideas expressed by another.
The global community is confronting an unprecedented crisis that requires a profound change in its approach to economics and development. Unsustainable consumption and production patterns, environmental deterioration and social inequality are increasingly recognised as the consequences of the current growth-based economic system, which presupposes infinite resources and perpetual expansion.
There are many things that drive migration to other countries, and one of them is romantic relationships and marriages. But Asian women who are developing relationships with men from Western countries, like Australia, be it through snail mails, online sites or other means, often have to face the stereotype of the ‘subservient woman’.
Imagine living in a city where it never floods in the wet season and a major river exists in harmony with a growing population. For Rian Mantasa Salve Prastica, this vision of carefully maintained water resources has led him to Brisbane to pursue a doctorate.
In August 2019, Indonesian President Joko “Jokowi” Widodo first announced his intention to relocate the Indonesian capital from Jakarta to Kalimantan. Indonesia’s new capital city – which will officially be named Nusantara – has been envisioned as a flagship project to encourage economic development outside of Java.
There has been rising awareness among the young generation of scientists in Indonesia of the need to advocate for the use of sciences in responding to upcoming and current multidimensional crises.
While Chinese funding has helped Indonesia rise up the value chain, it is clear this comes at a high cost to local people and the natural environment, leading to exploitation, pollution and biodiversity loss.
