AIYA Links: 28 August

In the news

• The Indonesian Government announced stimulus measures after the global market slump sent the Rupiah to post-1998 lows.
• Bloomberg shines a light on widespread illegal tin mining in Bangka-Belitung province.
• Renewed slum-clearing in Jakarta sparks a debate about planning, the environment, and class—read Ken Setiawan at Indonesia at Melbourne and Roanne van Roorst and Rita Padawangi at New Mandala.
• Indonesia at Melbourne talks to lawyer Todung Mulya Lubis about justice sector reform.
• Eve Warburton argues at the Lowy Interpreter that ideology is fundamental to rising protectionism in Indonesia.
• At Inside Indonesia, Diego García Rodríguez on activists’ efforts to bring Indonesian LGBTI youth and faith leaders into dialogue.

At the AIYA Blog

• CAUSINDY co-founder Karina Akib on how we celebrated 70 years of Australia-Indonesia relations with the Australian Embassy, ANZ, and Australia Awards and AIYA/CAUSINDY alumni.
• “Roads Less Travelled”: AIYA Nusa Tenggara Timur‘s Albert Christian on his visit to Canberra for the ANU’s Asia-Pacific Week.

Events & opportunities

• At the AIYA Job Board: AIYA National is seeking a volunteer Web and IT Officer to support our online operations, and travel site Travelfish advertises for a full-time Indonesia and Malaysia Researcher.