The Forestry Ministry announced on Monday the discovery of 19 new species of flora and fauna found across various regions of the country as of mid-2025. The findings include 11 new types of plants and eight new animal species.
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While Indonesia’s economic and diplomatic orientation may be tilting eastward, its military and defence policy tells a more complex story—one of deliberate balance rather than allegiance.
On August 17, 2025 Indonesia will be celebrating its eightieth year of independence. This must be a huge celebration, full of thankfulness of Indonesians who suffered 350 years of Dutch colonization full of hardship, and three and a half years of Japanese occupation during WW II.
According to data from the Central Statistics Agency and the Indonesian National Police, the number of motorised vehicles in Indonesia has continued to rise steadily, contributing significantly to urban air pollution.
Unlike previous years, Tembang Nusantara 2025 is being managed by young generation or younger musicians in Melbourne. So, what can we expect from Tembang Nusantara this time around?
These new players aren’t just transplanting traditional warung food into Australian soil. Instead, they represent a culinary conversation between Indonesian heritage and Australian context.
For many, they were a response to Indonesian leader Prabowo Subianto’s call for Indonesians to fly their national red and white flag ahead of the country’s Independence Day on 17 August. Instead, some Indonesians chose to raise these pirate flags, known as Jolly Rogers, as a symbol of their discontent.
Taking advantage of the dynamic Australian Dollar Bond market conditions and positive market prospects, the Republic seized the opportunity to launch the transaction on August 7, 2025.
Archaeologists from Australia and Indonesia found the small, chipped tools, used to cut little animals and carve rocks, under the soil in the region of Soppeng in South Sulawesi. Radioactive tracing of these tools and the teeth of animals found around the site were dated at up to 1.48 million years ago.
Indonesia is pushing ahead with the feasibility study for a high-speed rail line connecting Jakarta and Surabaya in East Java, with the government stressing that planning must be comprehensive, sustainable, and backed by robust financing, Chief Infrastructure and Regional Development Minister Agus Harimurti Yudhoyono said on Saturday.
Indonesia will convert a medical facility on an uninhabited island to treat about 2,000 wounded residents of Gaza, according to a spokesperson for the president.
The changes, announced on Monday, are small. The main feature is a modest increase in the government’s target maximum number of new international students. This will see the target go from 270,000 in 2025 to 295,000 in 2026.
Indonesia will begin importing lithium from Australia to support its growing electric vehicle (EV) industry, Energy and Mineral Resources Minister Bahlil Lahadalia announced on Tuesday, as the country intensifies efforts to become a regional EV manufacturing hub.
The Indonesian and Australian governments have signed a subsidiary arrangement for the implementation of the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Health Transformation (KITA SEHAT) Program—marking a new strategic collaboration in the health sector.
More than 20 years after Australia banned all forms of asbestos, the deadly legacy still lingers. But as Australia leads a global campaign to raise awareness — especially in South-East Asia, where asbestos use is still rampant — a new legal battle has unfolded.
Following Prabowo’s inauguration on October 20, 2024, law enforcers — mainly the Attorney General’s Office and the Corruption Eradication Commission (KPK) — have launched investigations into a number of high-profile, multi-billion dollar corruption cases.
