A spike in commodity prices in traditional exports of coal and palm oil has boosted Indonesia’s trade surplus for 2021.
Trade
Many Australians are probably unaware that neighbouring Indonesia has assumed the G20 presidency and will host the crucial meeting of the world’s largest economies for the first time in October.
The Australia Indonesia Centre has been a key contributor to the federal government’s Blueprint for Trade and Investment with Indonesia, a document that identifies opportunities across education as well as areas such as agriculture and health.
Just as the federal government released its Blueprint for Trade, a conference in Brisbane has heard of how educational providers are looking to take advantage of closer ties between Indonesia and Australia.
Two senior Australian government ministers will visit Indonesia this week, breaking an 18-month hiatus in which Canberra was accused of neglecting the bilateral relationship.
There are calls for the renewal of a ban on new licences for palm oil plantations.
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As it was for so many organisations with an international remit, 2020 was an extraordinarily difficult year for ACICIS. The global COVID-19 pandemic brought six-years of rapid, New Colombo Plan-fuelled growth in the number of Australian students studying in Indonesia through ACICIS each year to a hard stop almost overnight.
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