{"id":3578,"date":"2014-04-04T09:00:11","date_gmt":"2014-04-03T22:00:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=3578"},"modified":"2021-07-10T19:07:54","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T09:07:54","slug":"aiya-links-4th-april","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2014\/04\/04\/aiya-links-4th-april\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links, 4th April: Politics, football and miracles"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A big congratulations to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/chapters\/nsw\">AIYA New South Wales<\/a> for their <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/AIYANSW\/status\/451637833871011840\">successful election preview event last night<\/a>! We&#8217;ll have photos and a wrap-up of the event in the coming week.<\/p>\n<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Once again, election coverage dominated the news this week. The ABC&#8217;s Helen Brown (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/hbrown10\">@HBrown10<\/a>) took a look at\u00a0<a href=\"http:\/\/www.abc.net.au\/news\/2014-04-01\/an-indonesia-unions-influence\/5360062\">the Indonesian Trade Union Confederation&#8217;s efforts to become a political force<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>At the Lowy Institute&#8217;s Interpreter blog, Gary Hogan argues that the consolidation of Indonesia&#8217;s democracy is <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinterpreter.org\/post\/2014\/04\/01\/Australia-Indonesia-relations-Democracy-is-winner.aspx?COLLCC=1842955610\">a modern day miracle<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>&#8220;Jokowi the party man&#8221;: AIYA&#8217;s own Liam Gammon (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/gammonator\">@Gammonator<\/a>) <a href=\"http:\/\/asiapacific.anu.edu.au\/newmandala\/2014\/04\/01\/jokowi-the-party-man\/\">checked in with the Jokowi campaign in Malang this week<\/a>\u00a0for <em>New Mandala<\/em>.<\/li>\n<li>Meanwhile, the ASPI&#8217;s Natalie Sambhi (<a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/securityscholar\">@SecurityScholar<\/a>) considers what Indonesia&#8217;s defence relationship with Indonesia <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aspistrategist.org.au\/jokowi-and-the-defence-realm\/\">might look like under a Jokowi presidency<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Nail punches, halal ink and communal voting: <em>Financial Times<\/em> correspondent <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/benjaminbland\">@BenjaminBland<\/a> wrote about <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.ft.com\/beyond-brics\/2014\/04\/02\/indonesia-elections-nail-holes-group-voting-and-other-quirks\/\">some of the more unusual aspects of Indonesia&#8217;s electoral system<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The Wall Street Journal&#8217;s Sara Schonhardt took a look at the political landscape in Aceh, where local parties <a href=\"http:\/\/blogs.wsj.com\/searealtime\/2014\/04\/03\/why-a-vote-in-aceh-matters-for-indonesia\/\">are forming alliances with their national counterparts<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Away from the campaign, John Donovan, managing director of AFM Investment Partners <a href=\"http:\/\/www.businessspectator.com.au\/article\/2014\/4\/1\/economy\/wake-indonesias-investment-potential\">says that Australia needs to &#8220;wake up&#8221; to Indonesia&#8217;s business potential<\/a>. As the FT notes, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.ft.com\/intl\/cms\/s\/0\/fe9cb75e-b969-11e3-957a-00144feabdc0.html?siteedition=intl\">Indonesia&#8217;s economy is in good shape<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Quartz says Indonesia&#8217;s ecommerce frontier is &#8220;the world&#8217;s most perplexing&#8221; \u2014 <a href=\"http:\/\/qz.com\/194656\/four-reasons-why-indonesia-is-the-worlds-most-perplexing-e-commerce-frontier\/\">and offers four reasons why<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Last Saturday, Okezone took a visit to the football in Sydney, watching AFL&#8217;s Sydney Swans host Collingwood. They <a href=\"http:\/\/sports.okezone.com\/read\/2014\/03\/29\/43\/962683\/menikmati-olahraga-populer-australia\">enjoyed the atmosphere<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>On the AIYA blog<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>In a new video this week, ANU visiting fellow Dr Jacqui Baker <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/04\/video-embracing-discomfort-risk\/\">spoke about embracing risk and discomfort in cultural exchange<\/a>: &#8220;no amount of &#8216;Asia-competence&#8217; can triumph the simple human awkwardness of relationships&#8221;.<\/li>\n<li>Last week, we also shared <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2014\/03\/video-qa-shaping-future-relationship\/\">a video Q&amp;A with delegates and speakers<\/a> at last year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.causindy.org\">Conference of Australian and Indonesian Youth<\/a> on the future of the bilateral relationship.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events and opportunities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>Sydney:\u00a0<\/strong>Applications are open for AIYA&#8217;s Asialink internship program! It&#8217;s a terrific opportunity to work with on of Austraila&#8217;s leading Asia-focussed organisations. <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/asialink-internship\/\">Full details on our website.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Melbourne:<\/strong> This year&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/iffaustralia.com\/\">Indonesian Film Festival\u00a0<\/a>kicks off with <a href=\"http:\/\/iffaustralia.com\/programs\/pre-event\/iff-under-the-stars\/\">a moonlight screening of Joko Anwar&#8217;s romantic comedy\u00a0<em>Janji Joni<\/em><\/a> \u2014 tomorrow evening at 7pm, on Melbourne University&#8217;s South Lawn.<\/li>\n<li>Applications for this year&#8217;s <a href=\"asiapacificweek.anu.edu.au\/\">Asia Pacific Week<\/a> at the ANU close on Sunday.<\/li>\n<li>The <a href=\"http:\/\/www.paradigmwater.org\/\">Paradigm Water Project<\/a> is running an IndieGoGo campaign to support its efforts to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.indiegogo.com\/projects\/paradigm-water-project\">improve access to drinking water in Lombok<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A big congratulations to AIYA New South Wales for their successful election preview event last night! We&#8217;ll have photos and a wrap-up of the event in the coming week. 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