{"id":2202,"date":"2013-09-27T15:26:46","date_gmt":"2013-09-27T04:26:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=2202"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:19:31","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:19:31","slug":"aiya-links-27-september","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2013\/09\/27\/aiya-links-27-september\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links: 27 September"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"line-height: 13px;\">Indonesian foreign minister Marty Natalegawa has taken the highly unusual step of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.smh.com.au\/federal-politics\/julie-bishop-private-meeting-details-published-by-indonesias-foreign-minister-20130927-2uhgo.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">releasing minutes of his recent meeting with his Australian counterpart, Julie Bishop<\/a> (report from\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/mbachelard\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@mbachelard<\/a>).<\/span><\/li>\n<li>The continuing decline in the value of the Rupiah may force the Indonesian government to scale back energy subsidies,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2013\/09\/26\/swelling-subsidy-fear-haunts-ri.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reports the\u00a0<em>Jakarta Post<\/em><\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Peter Jennings, the Executive Director of the Australian Strategic Policy Institute, has some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/indonesia-setting-the-tone\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">tips for Tony Abbott before next week&#8217;s official visit to Indonesia<\/a>\u2014the first of his prime ministership.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Australian<\/em>&#8216;s business commentator John Durie wrote from Jakarta with some <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/business\/opinion\/time-to-discover-another-frontier\/story-e6frg9io-1226724739210#mm-premium\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">frank words about the need for more understanding of Indonesia in the Australian corporate world<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The 2013 ANU Indonesia Update was held in Canberra last weekend, and we have a <a title=\"ANU Indonesia Update: highlights\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/blog\/anu-indonesia-update-a-wrap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">summary of the conference&#8217;s highlights on the AIYA Blog<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Lowy Institute also jointly held its mini-update with the ANU in Sydney\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinstitute.org\/news-and-media\/audio\/indonesia-mini-update-event-audio\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">full audio of the event here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Lowy also have audio of an interview with their Indonesia analyst Dave McRae (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_davemcrae_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@_DaveMcRae_<\/a>) on the latest in\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinterpreter.org\/post\/2013\/09\/26\/Indonesia-political-update.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">politics<\/a>, and with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinterpreter.org\/post\/2013\/09\/24\/Indonesian-economy-update.aspx\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the presenters of the economic mini-update<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Remember when Homer Simpson learned in <i>The Economist\u00a0<\/i>that <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=9KJSnd8VzQw\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Indonesia was at a crossroads<\/a>? Well, the magazine says,\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.economist.com\/blogs\/economist-explains\/2013\/09\/economist-explains-11?zid=306&amp;ah=1b164dbd43b0cb27ba0d4c3b12a5e227\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">it really is now<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>Financial Times&#8217;\u00a0<\/em>Ben Bland (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@benjaminbland<\/a>) reports <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/d00704d2-21c3-11e3-bb64-00144feab7de.html#axzz2fl0exbEz\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;Indonesian civil servants are swapping their desks for flight decks under an innovative scheme designed to plug the country\u2019s acute shortage of pilots&#8217;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Three researchers have a short story at\u00a0<em>Inside Indonesia\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.insideindonesia.org\/feature-editions\/ari-s-audacity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">which illustrates how petty corruption works in Indonesia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia used to be the one loyal market BlackBerry could count on\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2013\/09\/25\/us-blackberry-indonesia-idUSBRE98O08A20130925\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">no longer, reports Reuters<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><em>The Australian&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>Bernard Lane (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/bernard_lane\">@Bernard_Lane<\/a>) spoke to the University of Melbourne&#8217;s Howard Dick <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theaustralian.com.au\/business\/economics\/china-deals-easier-than-indonesia-howard-dick\/story-e6frg926-1226727893634#\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">about the difficulties of doing business in Indonesia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>profiles Indonesia&#8217;s most popular politician,<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2013\/09\/26\/world\/asia\/in-indonesia-a-governor-at-home-on-the-streets.html?ref=indonesia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> Jakarta governor and likely presidential candidate Joko Widodo<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In a similar vein, the\u00a0<em>Jakarta Globe\u00a0<\/em>takes a look at some of the popular reformers <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/news\/new-generation-of-local-leaders-cleaning-house\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">who are making their mark in local politics in Indonesia<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The World Muslimah Contest, an Islamic-themed answer to Miss World, was held in Jakarta last week and even <a href=\"http:\/\/www.buzzfeed.com\/tasneemnashrulla\/this-is-what-islams-version-of-the-miss-world-pageant-looks\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">got the attention of Buzzfeed<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The inaugural Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth (CAUSINDY) is less than a month away, and the delegates from both Australia and Indonesia <a href=\"http:\/\/causindy.org\/blog\/delegates-announced-causindy-2013-2\/?utm_source=homepage&amp;utm_medium=header&amp;utm_content=homepage&amp;utm_campaign=homepage\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have been announced at the CAUSINDY website<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.dfat.gov.au\/aii\/programs\/scholarship_program\/youth_exchange_program.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program<\/a>\u00a0is seeking families in\u00a0<strong>Kiama\u00a0<\/strong>to host Indonesian students on a short-term basis.\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/09\/AIYEP1314_GeneralFlier_Proforma.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Click here<\/a>\u00a0for full details and information on how to get in touch with AIYEP organisers. 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