The visit therefore appeared to bode well for the implementation of IA-CEPA, the bilateral free trade agreement that was signed and ratified into law last year. But whether it turns out that way remains to be seen.
Politics
The Bantaeng Regency Government received financial assistance worth IDR 7 billion from the South Sulawesi Provincial Government in 2022 to deal with floods.
To be fair to the travelling journalists, the casual ride through the gardens, a route Jokowi regularly takes as part of his exercise regime, was certainly a pronounced shift in tone from the day’s earlier events.
Long before Australia’s new Prime Minister Anthony Albanese made his first bilateral visit to Jakarta, Indonesia’s trust in Australia was already slipping.
A new Australian prime minister flying to Indonesia to “reset” relations is now so routine it would probably raise hackles in Jakarta if it didn’t happen.
One of the most gratifying insights from film research on the pandemic in Indonesia was the discovery that, in fact, after a period of initial uncertainty as some of the more radical Islamists mobilised, reports like these were quickly discredited.
PM Albanese affirmed Australia’s support for Indonesia’s G20 Presidency and commended President Jokowi for his leadership in driving global efforts to recover together and stronger from impacts of COVID-19.
Dr Jemma Purdey discusses why money politics so prevalent in Indonesian election campaigns with Dr Elisabeth Kramer, deputy director of the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre (SSEAC), Sydney University.
The Australian Prime Minister’s visit to Makassar underscores the importance of a part of Indonesia which is a focus for the Australia-Indonesia Centre’s economic and social research projects.
By going to Jakarta so early in his prime ministership, Anthony Albanese is practising what he preached during the election campaign about the importance he intends attaching to Indonesia.
Indonesia is considering holding joint military exercises with the U.S. on the Natuna Islands, near China’s self-proclaimed territorial line.
Australian leaders regularly echo Paul Keating’s famous line that “no country is more important to Australia than Indonesia”.
Indonesia’s oldest party Golkar has formed a coalition with two smaller parties, in a move that analysts view as endorsing its party chief as a presidential candidate.
In late March, two Indonesian activists, Haris Azhar and Fatia Maulidiyanti, were named suspects in a defamation case under Law No. 19 of 2016 on Information and Electronic Transactions (the so-called ITE Law).
As plans to move the capital from Jakarta to East Kalimantan Province gather pace, locals are reacting with horror: The plan is to erect a new metropolis on lands that for centuries have nourished their customs and traditions.
After more than a decade of advocacy by gender activists, Indonesia’s national legislature (DPR), passed a landmark law on sexual violence on 12 April, six years after deliberations began.
