Details on Indonesia’s GCI are still emerging, but the Indonesian Ministry of Immigration’s Abdullah Rasyid told the ABC there were no mentions of land and property ownership rights in the regulations that underpinned the new visa program.
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Thousands of young Indonesians are entering an online “war” to secure the support letter required for Australia’s Work and Holiday Visa, a process marked by system errors and the rise of scammers offering paid shortcuts.
“We have learned a great deal from Australia,” Meutya Hafid, Indonesia’s communications and digital affairs minister, said in a November speech. Spain and New Zealand have also expressed interest in following Australia’s example.
Centralisation, with the military as its enforcer, has long been seen as an expedient fix for elite political dysfunction and regional dissent. President Prabowo Subianto’s early embrace of centralisation and military influence suggests a risk of repeating that cycle.
Fraudsters and intermediaries claiming to have access to Indonesian immigration officials have been scamming workers eager to come to Australia.
The International Labour Organization (ILO) has warned that rapid advances in artificial intelligence could deepen gender inequality in Indonesia’s workforce unless the technology is deployed with strict safeguards against discrimination.
Indonesia has pledged to recognise the rights of Indigenous and customary communities to 1.4 million hectares, about 3.5 million acres, of forests by 2029. It’s a move the government says will help curb deforestation and protect Indigenous rights.
From 3 to 6 November, an Australian Government delegation visited Jakarta to discuss digital safety and regulating social media platforms, and share Australia’s experience in developing world-leading social media reforms.
With Australia increasing the WHV quota for young Indonesians to 5,000 per year, the visa has become popular among the country’s gen Z workers, especially amid a shortage of decent job opportunities and fair wages back home.
Indonesia’s President Prabowo Subianto has just marked one year in office. Here is what has happened
Indonesian President Prabowo Subianto is marking his first year in power after a series of arrests of protesters in recent months.
Despite constant calls by relatives of the Balibo Five, the Indonesian government has never apologised for the murders, maintaining the journalists were killed in “crossfire”.
(PAYWALLED) – The Alliance of Independence Journalists (AJI) has reported persistent police brutality across several provinces, calling for stronger oversight and genuine reform amid what it described as systemic impunity within the force.
Indonesia’s workforce is projected to grow strongly over the upcoming decade, but new research from the World Bank and Morgan Stanley finds the country is struggling to create jobs for its youth, and a short-term push for gross domestic product growth will not help much.
The Museum of Indonesian World Records (MURI) has recognised Andi Kasri “Akas” Unru, 31, and Muhammad Andika Panji, 33, as the first deaf lawyers to join the country’s judiciary after they swore their oath in June alongside their peers at the Jakarta High Court in Cempaka Putih, Central Jakarta, dressed in black robes, white jabots and black peci (skullcaps).
In the middle of this year, Enggano Island attracted national attention due to the loss of access to the island, which resulted in thousands of its residents not receiving shipments of basic goods from the capital of the province where the island is located, Bengkulu City.
The US keeps sending millions of pounds of plastic to Indonesia, even after the country banned plastic waste imports. Villagers burn it to cook tofu, contaminating a beloved staple with deadly toxins.
