{"id":3287,"date":"2014-02-28T11:45:07","date_gmt":"2014-02-28T00:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=3287"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:09:10","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:09:10","slug":"aiya-links-28-february","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2014\/02\/28\/aiya-links-28-february\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links, 28 February: Bu Risma, Mining, Foreign Policy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>Good news from AIYA this week: we&#8217;re very happy to announce that\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/causindy.org\/welcome-asialink-support\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Asialink signed on as a sponsor of CAUSINDY 2014<\/a>, and our Victoria and ACT Chapters <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/02\/new-chapter-presidents-victoria-act\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">have elected new Presidents.<\/a>\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The possible resignation of Surabaya&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/news\/trouble-in-the-city-of-heroes-surabaya-mayor-ibu-risma-confirms-plans-to-resign\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">popular mayor Tri Rismaharini has been the big political story this week<\/a>\u2014though at press time, it&#8217;s unclear whether she&#8217;s going.<\/li>\n<li>Indonesia&#8217;s controversial mineral export ban is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.reuters.com\/article\/2014\/02\/24\/us-indonesia-smelters-idUSBREA1M16B20140224\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">still causing chaos in the mining industry.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The Bakrie-Rothschild debacle seems to be drawing to an end, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-02-26\/bakries-say-they-have-all-funds-needed-for-london-exit.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">with the Bakrie family to exit the company formerly known as Bumi Resources<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Finance Minister <a href=\"www.twitter.com\/chatibbasri\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@ChatibBasri<\/a>\u00a0says Indonesia&#8217;s GDP growth will <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/2014-02-23\/indonesia-s-gdp-growth-may-slow-to-least-since-2009-basri-says.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">slow in 2014 as the government tries to shrink the current account deficit.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@BenjaminBland<\/a>\u00a0has a great <em>FT<\/em>\u00a0story about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/bc234dc4-9903-11e3-a32f-00144feab7de.html#axzz2uU7ntJzn\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">the boom in e-commerce in Indonesia.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Good news: more critically-endangered Javan Rhinos are <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartaglobe.com\/news\/ujung-kulon-national-park-says-it-gained-seven-javan-rhinos\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">being born in Ujung Kulon National Park.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>On the blog<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>AIYA&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/timothypgraham\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@TimothyPGraham<\/a> had some fun comparing just <a title=\"How big are Australia and Indonesia?\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/02\/big-australia-indonesia\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how big Indonesia is compared to Australia\u2014take a look!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>WA Chapter President Natrisha Barnett reports on the <a title=\"Australia-Indonesia Youth Dialogue Wrap-Up\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/02\/australia-indonesia-youth-dialogue-wrap\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">great discussions at the recent Australia-Indonesia Youth Dialogue.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Longer reads<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>The ANU&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_davemcrae_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@_DaveMcRae_<\/a>\u00a0has a great <a href=\"http:\/\/lowyinstitute.org\/publications\/more-talk-walk-indonesia-foreign-policy-actor\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">new paper on Indonesia&#8217;s foreign policy ambitions.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>A <a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/rcra20\/current#.Uw_A4HmZb8t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">special edition of the academic journal\u00a0<\/a><em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.tandfonline.com\/toc\/rcra20\/current#.Uw_A4HmZb8t\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Critical Asian Studies<\/a>\u00a0<\/em>explores issues raised by <a href=\"http:\/\/theactofkilling.com\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Oscar-nominated documentary\u00a0<em>The Act of Killing.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Video<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In our latest clip from CAUSINDY 2013, Corrs Chambers Westgarth CEO John Denton <a title=\"Video: Enlarging the future of the relationship\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/02\/video-enlarging-future-relationship\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">speaks from a business perspective about enlarging the Australia-Indonesia relationship.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/_davemcrae_\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@_DaveMcRae_<\/a>\u00a0was also interviewed about <a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-02-27\/repairing-damaged-indonesian-relations-in\/5289624\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Australia-Indonesia issues on the Australia Network.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>FT&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@benjaminbland<\/a>\u00a0went to rural West Java to look at <a href=\"http:\/\/video.ft.com\/2187018630001\/Mobile-internet-reaches-rural-Indonesia\/Companies\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">how mobile e-commerce is making inroads\u00a0in villages.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events and opportunities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Mau jadi kontributor untuk blog dan website AIYA? <a title=\"Lowongan relawan: kontributor situs AIYA\" href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/02\/lowongan-relawan-kontributor-situs-aiya\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Ayo, simak lowongan relawan ini!<\/a><\/li>\n<li>AIYA friend <a href=\"http:\/\/www.australiaplus.com\/indonesian\/2014-02-21\/courtney-ingin-kenalkan-seni-modern-indonesia-ke-australia\/1268862?utm_content=buffer5c8a7&amp;utm_medium=social&amp;utm_source=twitter.com&amp;utm_campaign=buffer\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Courtney Saville is raising funds<\/a> to bring some talented Yogya artists to Australia\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.pozible.com\/project\/176663\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">take a look at her Pozible page and help any way you can.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Applications for funded positions on youth delegations <a href=\"http:\/\/www.globalvoices.org.au\/how-to-apply\/\">through Global Voices until the 6th of March<\/a> \u2014 opportunities include World Bank and OECD meetings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Good news from AIYA this week: we&#8217;re very happy to announce that\u00a0Asialink signed on as a sponsor of CAUSINDY 2014, and our Victoria and ACT Chapters have elected new Presidents.\u00a0 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2014\/02\/28\/aiya-links-28-february\/\" class=\"more-link style1-button\">Read More<\/a><\/p>","protected":false},"author":4,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[524],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3287","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-links"],"translation":{"provider":"WPGlobus","version":"3.0.0","language":"id","enabled_languages":["au","id"],"languages":{"au":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false},"id":{"title":true,"content":true,"excerpt":false}}},"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3287"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3287\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3287"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3287"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3287"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}