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• Radio Australia interviews David Hill on the Coalition’s ‘new Colombo plan’ policy.
• Two AIYA members took part in this week’s Indonesia-Australia dialogue: some thoughts on Julie Bishop’s speech.
• Radio Australia interviewed a number of participants at the dialogue.
• The ABC’s Helen Brown reports on a new initiative by the Jakarta Correspondent’s Club, supporting and training local documentary makers.
• Alexander Downer says that with a federal election looming, “it’s time to start caring about Indonesia“.
• Jokowi and Campbell Newman have a lot in common: going local in our relationship with Indonesia.
• In the Lowy Interpreter, Gary Hogan profiles a promising new generation of TNI leaders.
• A bridge across the divide: how schools are connecting Australia and Indonesia.
• Natalie Sambhi, writing for the ASPI Strategist blog, discusses Jokowi and Indonesia’s presidential politics.

..dalam Bahasa Indonesia:

• Australia ingin kirim lebih banyak warga belajar dan kerja di RI: laporan dari Indonesia-Australia Dialogue.
• Profil program AIYEP: Indonesian menginspirasi kaum muda Australia
• Laporan khusus tentang Suara Indonesia Dance Group di Sydney.
• Cerita Kompas tentang orangtua asuh di Australia.

Events and opportunities:

• The Indonesian Government are accepting applications for a three-month arts and culture scholarship.
• ..and the Australian government is accepting applications for the 2014 Australia Awards Scholarship.
• The Jakarta Globe are looking for English-language copy editors.

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• Endy Bayuni argues in the Jakarta Post that Indonesia is ‘a story waiting to be told‘.
• If elected, the Liberals would send students to Jakarta under ‘new Colombo Plan’ scholarships in its first year of government. With visa troubles in mind, though, some aren’t so sure.
• Inside Indonesia this week profiles Rhoma Irama, Indonesia’s ‘king of dangdut‘.
• Also in the Australian, Bernard Lane writes about his experience studying in Yogyakarta during the ‘Australian season’.
• Radio National’s Saturday Extra program kicked off a new series on Indonesia last weekend. On last week’s program, Geraldine Doogue interviewed Edward Aspinal and Anies Baswedan.
• Indonesia’s concert business is booming.
• An opinion piece in the Guardian asks whether Bahasa Indonesia is too ubiquitous in Indonesian schools. Al Jazeera’s 101 East story on the Indonesian education system is also now available to stream.
• Is Indonesia locking foreign businesses out of its consumer boom?
• A short documentary by ACICIS student Elise Young about ‘hijab style’ in Indonesia: faith meets fashion.
• Applications are open until May 1 for ACICIS study programs in semester 2, 2013.

In AIYA news, be sure to check out this blog post by our WA Chapter President Natrisha Barnett about her experience with AIYEP.

Hi there, and a big welcome to our first AIYA Links post! Our links to news articles and opinion pieces are one of the most popular features of our Facebook and Twitter accounts – so we decided to prepare a weekly wrap up for your weekend reading.

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• Bernard Lane reports in the Australian about doubts surrounding the federal government’s AsiaBound grants program. Professor David Hill notes that grants provided under the program can’t be used for ACICIS programs.
• Submissions close today for the Australian Institute of International Affair’s Australia-Indonesia Dialogue competition.
• Inside Indonesia celebrates its 30th anniversary this year.
• In two year’s time, Australia’s largest embassy will be in Indonesia.
• Congratulations to the PPI, who have together raised more than $14,000 for Jakarta flood relief.
• “Every day should be a fun day for Indonesia’s bilingual youth“
• A delegation from Monash University, including Vice-Chancellor Ed Byrne is in Indonesia and have awarded Monash alumnus and Vice-President Boediono with an honorary doctorate.
• In an editorial on Monday, the Jakarta Globe discussed what Indonesia could do to make the most of Australia’s “Asia pivot”.
• The EU ambassador to Indonesia shares five reasons why Europeans adore Indonesia.

In AIYA news:

• This week, we hosted our third Australia-Indonesia Young Professionals event.
• Also in Jakarta, AIYA members took part in the 2013 Australia-Indonesia Youth Dialogue last week.
• AIYA Western Australia will be holding its official launch at the Indonesian Consulate-General in Perth next month.
• Later this month, AIYA Jakarta be kicking off its Symposium Series with a panel discussion featuring Desi Fortuna Anwar, senior advisor to Vice-President Boediono.
• Finally, we’ve posted a new career champions profile to our website on Linus Antlov, a hydrogeologist with a background in Singapore and Indonesia.