{"id":4997,"date":"2015-05-15T02:45:52","date_gmt":"2015-05-15T02:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/?p=4997"},"modified":"2021-07-10T18:33:15","modified_gmt":"2021-07-10T08:33:15","slug":"aiya-links-15-may","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/aiya.org.au\/id\/2015\/05\/15\/aiya-links-15-may\/","title":{"rendered":"AIYA Links: 15 May"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>In the news<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Huge cuts to Australia&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/australia-news\/2015\/may\/12\/australia-cuts-aid-to-indonesia-by-40-federal-budget-reveals\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">development assistance to Indonesia<\/a>:\n<ul>\n<li>AIYA&#8217;s Arjuna Dibley in\u00a0highlighted how Australian aid\u00a0brings <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/commentisfree\/2015\/may\/01\/australian-aid-helps-keep-indonesias-legal-system-transparent-so-why-cut-it\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">badly-needed\u00a0transparency to\u00a0Indonesia&#8217;s legal system<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Benjamin Day says it&#8217;s a <a href=\"http:\/\/asiapacific.anu.edu.au\/newmandala\/2015\/05\/14\/withering-on-the-vine-of-public-opinion\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">&#8216;missed an opportunity to proactively recast our aid relationship with Indonesia&#8217;<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>In Jakarta, the cuts have been greeted with <a href=\"http:\/\/www.lowyinterpreter.org\/post\/2015\/05\/15\/This-week-in-Jakarta-Aid-cuts-Papua-and-remembering-98.aspx?COLLCC=1501770625&amp;\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">little fuss by the government<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>President Jokowi has won <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thejakartapost.com\/news\/2015\/05\/13\/welcoming-relaxation-papua-press-bans.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">cautious praise<\/a> for announcing the easing of restrictions on access to Indonesia&#8217;s Papuan provinces.<\/li>\n<li>ANU&#8217;s <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/rosstapsell\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@RossTapsell<\/a> provides some context and analysis on <a href=\"http:\/\/asiapacific.anu.edu.au\/newmandala\/2015\/05\/11\/press-freedom-in-papua\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">what the announcement means<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>The\u00a0<em>Jakarta Post<\/em>&#8216;s Endy Bayuni argues that Indonesia is pursuing a <a href=\"http:\/\/news.asiaone.com\/news\/asian-opinions\/indonesia-punching-above-its-weight\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">newly activist, if haphazard, foreign policy under Jokowi.<\/a><\/li>\n<li>At Bloomberg, an exclusive <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloomberg.com\/news\/articles\/2015-05-11\/indonesia-plans-to-gradually-cut-corporate-tax-rate-to-below-18--i9j9n2ga\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">interview with the president&#8217;s chief advisor<\/a> and a critique of <a href=\"http:\/\/www.bloombergview.com\/articles\/2015-05-11\/is-indonesia-s-president-too-democratic-\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">poll-driven economics in Indonesia.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Musical interlude<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>He&#8217;s eight years old and has won attention from\u00a0the likes of Herbie Hancock and Wynton Marsalis\u2014<a href=\"http:\/\/www.nytimes.com\/2015\/05\/13\/arts\/music\/joey-alexander-an-11-year-old-jazz-sensation-who-hardly-clears-the-pianos-sightlines.html?_r=0\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">meet the Indonesian jazz prodigy profiled in the\u00a0<em>New York Times\u00a0<\/em>this week.<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Events &amp; opportunities<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>SBS&#8217;\u00a0<em>Insight\u00a0<\/em>program\u00a0<\/strong>is seeking Indonesians in Australia or Indonesia to <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2015\/05\/perspectives-wanted-for-sbs-insight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">participate in an upcoming recording of the show in Jakarta.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Beat the Dry:\u00a0<\/strong>lend a hand to the Nusa Tenggara Association, <a href=\"http:\/\/www.aiya.org.au\/2015\/05\/why-you-should-beat-the-dry\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">changing lives in some of Indonesia&#8217;s poorest regions<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Canberra, Monday:\u00a0<\/strong>come along to AIYA ACT&#8217;s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/film-screening-fundraising-jalanan-the-streetside-tickets-16656115891\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">screening of the hit documentary\u00a0<em>Jalanan.<\/em><\/a><\/li>\n<li><strong>Sydney, 21 May:\u00a0<\/strong><em>Jalanan&#8217;s\u00a0<\/em>director <a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/danielziv\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">@DanielZiv<\/a> will also speak at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.eventbrite.com.au\/e\/aiyasseac-cas-cis-cus-with-daniel-ziv-tickets-16966346800\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">AIYA NSW&#8217;s Cas Cis Cus discussion event<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li><strong>Melbourne, 22 May: <\/strong>Asialink<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>hosts\u00a0Defence Minister Kevin Andrews&#8217; overview<a href=\"http:\/\/asialink.unimelb.edu.au\/calendar\/events\/featured\/keynote-address-by-the-hon-kevin-andrews-mp,-minister-for-defence\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0of Australia&#8217;s upcoming\u00a0Defence White Paper<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the news Huge cuts to Australia&#8217;s development assistance to Indonesia: AIYA&#8217;s Arjuna Dibley in\u00a0highlighted how Australian aid\u00a0brings badly-needed\u00a0transparency to\u00a0Indonesia&#8217;s legal system. 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