AIYA Links: 29 March 2019
Photo: Rokok Indonesia (Flickr)
In the news
- In April, authorities in Southeast Asia’s biggest economy are set to tax businesses in its digital sector, predicted to be worth US$46 billion in 2025. But there has been fierce opposition from these firm, and Indonesian presidential challenger Prabowo Subianto is taking their side.
- Next week, Indonesia is set to hold what officials have characterized as a high-level Indo-Pacific dialogue in Jakarta. Its anticipated to spotlight the broader question of Indonesia’s own approach to the Indo-Pacific within its wider foreign policy and amid a series of domestic, regional, and global developments.
- Indonesian President Joko Widodo’s track record of considering gender representation in ministerial appointments is lauded in global circles. Yet, while women’s empowerment activists praise these appointments, they also note that such efforts need to be more widely applied and more pervasive to reduce gender inequality in Indonesia.
- It looks like the Indonesian Ulema Council (MUI), the highest clerical body in Indonesia, is not playing games when it comes to possibly issuing a fatwa against popular multiplayer game PlayerUnknown’s Battlegrounds (PUBG).
Events
- Jakarta, Mataram, Makassar, Bandung & Surabaya, 14 – 31 March – Festival Sinema Australia Indonesia (#FSAI2019) is coming. Various genres of Australian and Indonesian feature films will be screened. And for the first time, FSAI 2019 presents a selection of short films featured at Flickerfest, Australia’s leading competitive short film festival. Tickets are gratis! Read more.
- Bandung, TODAY – AIYA Jawa Barat invite you on a cultural visit to Saung Angklung Udjo. Learn to play the Angklung, watch a Wayang puppet show and dance while enjoying the hospitality of West Java. Sign up to the event here – there’s discounted tickets for AIYA members!
- Brisbane, 6 April – AIYA Queensland are finally kicking off 2019 with their Annual General Meeting. Come along to local Indonesian restaurant Sendok Garpu to have your say in the future of AIYA Queensland and even join their committee! There will be free Indonesian coffee for AIYA members – you can also sign up to be a member on the day! RSVP on the FB event.
- Jakarta, 8 April – Macquarie University are pleased to invite you to a Guest Lecture on “Health Reform across the World; Regional Issues of Health Policy, Management and Systems Reform”, 2 – 4pm. The lecture will feature leading Australian experts from Macquarie University. Please register online by 7 April 2019 via this link (early registration essential).
- Kupang, 27 March – AIYA East Indo-Kupang is hosting Language Exchange at Aussie Banget Corner, Nusa Cendana University from 11am onwards. This week’s theme is fotografi!
- Melbourne, March 22 – April 10 – The Indonesian Film Festival (IFF) is the most prominent celebration of Indonesian cinema in Australia. Held annually, it aims to promote the appreciation of Indonesian culture in Australia, as well as raising international awareness of the burgeoning Indonesian film culture. Check out the films and dates here!
- Melbourne, 3 April – Come to AIYA Vic’s LX every Wednesday at 6pm, RMIT Building 80.
- Melbourne, 8 April – Attend the ‘Networking Evening with Indonesian Tech: Start-ups, Scale-ups & Innovators’. AIBC VIC, Flinders University New Venture Institute and Australia Awards invite you to join them for an evening with 25 CEOs/Co-Founders of Indonesian tech companies and representatives of Indonesian innovation hubs, accelerators, and the relevant Indonesian Ministries. Click here to register for the event!
- Perth, 8 April – The Australia-Indonesia Centre, The University of Western Australia Public Policy Institute, and Australia Indonesia Business Council invite you to ‘Indonesia Votes 2019: State of the Race & Future of Bilateral Trade Ties’. Please note registration is essential as space is limited.
- Sydney, 1 April – The Indonesian Consulate in Sydney are hosting an Australia-Indonesia Youth Connection Night from 6 – 8pm. It’s a chance for Australian and Indonesian young people to visit the consulate, meet the Consul General, enjoy FREE Indonesian food, practice their language skills, hangout and network. Ayo, RSVP to receive more details about the event!
- Sydney, 9 April – This year will be the first time a presidential and general election has been held on the same day in Indonesia. Hosted by SSEAC and AIYA NSW, join the expert panel the week before the election to learn more about the key issues at stake for Indonesia and our region. The panel session will be followed by an extended Q&A session with the audience. Register here!
- Yogyakarta, 31 March – Feel like going for a jog? Join AIYA Yogya from 7am @ Wisdom Park, UGM for some early morning exercise.
- Yogyakarta, 2 April – AIYA Yogya will host RRI Pro 2 Futsal from 5 – 7pm every Tuesday. It is 15k for members and 20k for non-members. Check out the video and see how fun was the last futsal night was! #YukOlahraga!
- Yogyakarta, 3 April – Come along to AIYA Yogyakarta’s LX from 6.30PM @ AoA Resto & Creative Space.
- Yogyakarta, 4 April – Feeling sporty? Join AIYA Yogyakarta and play some badminton at SMPN 1 Yogyakarta.
Opportunities
The Australian Consulate-General Bali is hosting an Island Tourism Forum in Lombok 29-30 April 2019. Participants will have an opportunity to share and discuss tourism development, sustainability and stakeholder engagement. As one of Indonesia’s new priority tourist destinations and the gateway to the Nusa Tenggara islands, Lombok is the perfect location to engage in an island-based tourism discussion. The Forum will bring together government, academia, business, NGOs and communities to share experiences, encourage partnerships and explore investment and commercial possibilities through keynote speaker presentations, panel discussions, workshops and networking opportunities.
- AIYA QLD is having their AGM on 6 April where they will elect a brand new committee. Apply for any one of the following positions: President, Vice President, Secretary, Treasurer, Events Officers (Education, Sports, Socio Cultural). To apply for a position you must be an AIYA member and if you have questions feel free to email operations@aiya.org.au.
- Applications for the ACICIS Indonesian Language Short Course (ILSC), running over three weeks in July 2019 at Satya Wacana University in Salatiga, close 1 April! $3,000 New Colombo Plan grants are available for eligible students.
- Interested in studying and interning in Indonesia for six months? Applications for ACICIS semester-long programs running in Semester 2, 2019, in agriculture, science, business, law, field studies & international relations, close 15 April. Up to $8,000 New Colombo Plan grants are available for eligible students.
- Keen to finally learn Indonesian? The WEA INDONESIAN BEGINNERS 1 Course starts on Monday April 29 at 5.30pm. Courses take place in the CBD close to the Town Hall station. WEA is the only non profit organisation that provides an Indonesian Beginners Course for Adults in NSW. Enrol now!
- New Colombo Plan Scholarships for 2020 application rounds will be opening soon. See your university’s global learning office for more information.
- Registrations for UNSW’s Women in Asia Conference, ‘Women in an Era of Anti-Elitism: Responding to the Challenge of Rising Populism and its Threat to Gender Inclusivity’, June 21 to 23, close 20 April. Register here to attend. You can also volunteer at the event!
- Applications for Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarships for Semester 2, 2020 will open in March 2019. Stay tuned for updates on their website.
- Volunteers required! FBBI 2019 is the Festival Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia 2019 and aims to celebrate and share Indonesian language and culture with high-school students across Victoria. The need volunteers to present at the four workshops being held from March – May across Warrnambool, Wodonga, Melbourne City or Clayton. To register your interest, click here.
- Saksara Research is currently seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified graduates to join its field research team in East Java (Surabaya based). Research Assistant positions are for a one month contract, with the possibility for an extension. Information about how to apply for this opportunity is available in the position description.
- Nominations for the 2019 Australia Indonesia Awards are open until 31 March 2019. Name a hardworking person you know who is committed to building Australia Indonesia relations. Categories this year are, women’s sport, technology/training and arts & entertainment. Nominate someone here.
- Apply to be a Growth Strategy Document Consultant at the Australia-Indonesia Partnership for Promoting Rural Incomes through Support for Markets in Agriculture (PRISMA 2) program. Applications close on 29 March 2019. For more info, please click here.
- The Indonesia Council Open Conference is calling for papers and panel submissions. The conference will be held 19 – 21 November 2019 at ANU. Deadline for submissions is 1 June. Submit your abstracts here!
- Australia Awards Scholarships for Master’s and PhD degrees have officially opened and close on 30 April 2019. If you dream about studying in Australia with a full scholarship, apply online here. Applicants must also complete an Additional Information for Online Application. If you have any questions regarding the applications, please contact the Australia Awards in Indonesia office via WhatsApp – +62 81289804911, Phone – +62 21 5277648 or email. For further information, please click here.
- The City of Melbourne is calling on innovators, entrepreneurs, students and community members to take part in Open Innovation Competition 2019. Submissions open 7 March and close 18 April 2019. One of the major prizes includes a trip to the Bandung Institute of Technology. Follow the competition here.
- Call for Volunteers at Indofest 2019, South Australia. The Australian-Indonesian Association of South Australia Inc. (AIASA) is looking for enthusiastic and committed volunteers to assist in the 2019 Indofest event on Sunday, 28 April 2019 at Victoria Square (South side). The committee will provide take-away lunch on the day, and a certificate of acknowledgment should you require one. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the expression of interest form here.
- The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan has collaborated with Australia Awards in Indonesia, Mulawarman University, and the University of Adelaide to provide a Split-Site Master’s Scholarship Program for high school and vocational school English teachers in East Kalimantan, for the academic year of 2019-2021. For more information on the scholarship’s procedures, requirements, and timeline, click here. Applications close 17 May 2019.
- English First (EF) Indonesia is looking for Australian teachers for teaching posts in Indonesia. EF Indonesia is also offering sponsorship for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate valued at over $500 to successful candidates as well as full reimbursement for flights to/from Australia. If you would like to apply, please email recruitment.id@ef.com describing why you are applying for this role (100 words max) and attach your CV.
- Learning a language? Get Indonesian & English language help with UniBRIDGE Project.
Like what we do? Want to join or support your local chapter to contribute to our exciting activities? Sign up as an AIYA member today!
AIYA Links: 22 March 2019
Indonesia is one of many countries that use an electoral quota to try to reduce the imbalance in its main legislative body, the House of Representatives (DPR). However, as Ben Bland writes, quotas are only part of the solution aimed at encouraging more female candidates and achieving gender parity.
In the news
- The Indonesian foreign ministry has summoned the Australian ambassador in Jakarta to express strong condemnation of Australian senator Fraser’s Anning’s controversial response to the Christchurch massacre.
- Five years ago, Indonesia experienced the most polarised election since the introduction of direct presidential elections in 2004. After an often hostile campaign characterised by aggressive rhetoric and personal denunciations, tensions culminated on election day when both candidates, Joko Widodo and Prabowo Subianto, claimed victory. Will the 2019 elections see fake quick counts again?
- The rapid growth of tourism in Bali has seen many young Balinese born into farming families decide to work in tourism. In an attempt to encourage young people to continue farming, the ministry has launched a farming training program in Badung regency with the goal of educating more than 12,000 young “millennial farmers” from across the island.
- Research, Technology, and Higher Education Minister Mohamad Nasir encourages around five thousand Indonesian scientists’ diaspora to return to Indonesia and become civil servants to help develop research and innovation at the country’s universities.
- For Christians in Indonesia, retail and religion are intertwined. Independent churches are blossoming in places such as shopping malls in a bid to circumvent bureaucratic hurdles and gain more security.
On the blog
- Member Spotlight – It’s time learn more about the lives of those behind AIYA. This week, meet AIYA Yogyakarta Vice President & Treasurer, Edwin Salim!
Events
- Jakarta, Mataram, Makassar, Bandung & Surabaya, 14 – 31 March – Festival Sinema Australia Indonesia (#FSAI2019) is coming. Various genres of Australian and Indonesian feature films will be screened. And for the first time, FSAI 2019 presents a selection of short films featured at Flickerfest, Australia’s leading competitive short film festival. Tickets are gratis! Read more.
- Sydney, Canberra & Melbourne, 26, 27, 28 March – The Lowy Institute is hosting, ‘Indonesia’s elections: democracy on trial’ in Sydney, Canberra & Melbourne. Join eminent Indonesian political expert Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar, and Director of Lowy Institute’s Southeast Asia Project Ben Bland, for a discussion on the elections, the state of democracy in Indonesia, and the implications for Indonesia’s international relations. Read more.
- Adelaide, 24 March – AIYA SA will go hiking at Brownhill Creek from 10am. Click here for more details.
- Adelaide, 26 March – Join AIYA SA for LX at Flinders Tavern from 5:30pm!
- Canberra, TONIGHT – Come along to Nusa Tenggara Association’s (NTA) 2019 “FUN-D” RAISING DINNER” at 6:30 pm to help raise funds to tackle poverty and malnutrition in the poor farming communities of eastern Indonesia. Guest speaker is Prof Budy P. Resosudarmo. The dinner will also feature a silent auction, raffle and entertainment. Tickets: $60 each, tables of 10 are very welcome! Purchase your ticket!
- Castlemaine (Victoria), 25 – 27 March – Abdi Karya’s motto is “Don’t think. Feel.” The performance artist, theatre-maker and cultural manager from Makassar, Indonesia, has created a truly tactile performance for the Castlemaine State Festival. Learn more about Abdi Karya and purchase your ticket here.
- Kupang, 27 March – AIYA East Indo-Kupang is hosting Language Exchange at Aussie Banget Corner, Nusa Cendana University from 11am onwards. This week’s theme is movies (film)!
- Melbourne, 27 March – Come to AIYA Vic’s LX every Wednesday at 6pm, RMIT Building 80.
- Sydney, 23 March – Attend ‘SUPERMENTOR SYDNEY: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR AN EXPONENTIAL FUTURE’ and listen to inspiring talks from Bima Arya – Mayor of Bogor; Peter F. Gontha – Ambassador of Indonesia to Poland (2014 – 2019) and other esteemed guests. The event is FREE (RSVP Required)!
- Sydney, 23 March – Spectacular Eastern Indonesia highlights the vibrant dance and rich musical traditions from the Eastern Region of Indonesia including the well-loved dance, the poco poco. It also features West Papua dancers who are performing for the first time in Australia. As well as award-winning musician, Yopi Latul. Read more.
- Sydney, 1 April – The Indonesian Consulate in Sydney are hosting an Australia-Indonesia Youth Connection Night from 6 – 8pm. It’s a chance for Australian and Indonesian young people to visit the consulate, meet the Consul General, enjoy FREE Indonesian food, practice their language skills, hangout and network. Ayo, RSVP to receive more details about the event!
- Sydney, 9 April – This year will be the first time a presidential and general election has been held on the same day in Indonesia. Hosted by SSEAC and AIYA NSW, join the expert panel the week before the election to learn more about the key issues at stake for Indonesia and our region. The panel session will be followed by an extended Q&A session with the audience. Register here!
- Yogyakarta, 24 March – Feel like going for a jog? Join AIYA Yogya from 7am @ Wisdom Park, UGM for some early morning exercise.
- Yogyakarta, 25 March – AIYA Yogyakarta Chapter along with Himpunan Wanita Disabilitas Indonesia is presenting seminar to give insight into an organization that focuses itself on lifting the status of women with disabilities in Indonesia. RSVP essential – there is limited seating (30 places). Registration is free for AIYA members!
- Yogyakarta, 26 March – AIYA Yogya will host RRI Pro 2 Futsal from 5 – 7pm every Tuesday. It is 15k for members and 20k for non-members. Check out the video and see how fun was the last futsal night was! #YukOlahraga!
Opportunities
- AIYA National is seeking a new Partnerships Officer! The deadline has been extended to midnight TONIGHT. Please send your current CV to Sam Shlansky (Director of Partnerships and Memberships) at sam.shlansky@aiya.org.au along with a short cover letter responding to the questions outlined in the position description.
- Applications for the ACICIS Indonesian Language Short Course (ILSC), running over three weeks in July 2019 at Satya Wacana University in Salatiga, close 1 April! $3,000 New Colombo Plan grants are available for eligible students.
- Interested in studying and interning in Indonesia for six months? Applications for ACICIS semester-long programs running in Semester 2, 2019, in agriculture, science, business, law, field studies & international relations, close 15 April. Up to $8,000 New Colombo Plan grants are available for eligible students.
- New Colombo Plan Scholarships for 2020 application rounds will be opening soon. See your university’s global learning office for more information.
- Registrations for UNSW’s Women in Asia Conference, ‘Women in an Era of Anti-Elitism: Responding to the Challenge of Rising Populism and its Threat to Gender Inclusivity’, June 21 to 23, close 20 April. Register here to attend. You can also volunteer at the event!
- Applications for Westpac Asian Exchange Scholarships for Semester 2, 2020 will open in March 2019. Stay tuned for updates on their website.
- Monash University (Caufield) is seeking a PAIR Program Officer. PAIR is the Australia-Indonesia Centre’s DFAT-funded collaborative research program. For more information on the position and how to apply, click here. Applications close 25 March 2019.
- Volunteers required! FBBI 2019 is the Festival Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia 2019 and aims to celebrate and share Indonesian language and culture with high-school students across Victoria. The need volunteers to present at the four workshops being held from March – May across Warrnambool, Wodonga, Melbourne City or Clayton. To register your interest, click here.
- Saksara Research is currently seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified graduates to join its field research team in East Java (Surabaya based). Research Assistant positions are for a one month contract, with the possibility for an extension. Information about how to apply for this opportunity is available in the position description.
- Nominations for the 2019 Australia Indonesia Awards are open until 31 March 2019. Name a hardworking person you know who is committed to building Australia Indonesia relations. Categories this year are, women’s sport, technology/training and arts & entertainment. Nominate someone here.
- Australia Awards Scholarships for Master’s and PhD degrees have officially opened and close on 30 April 2019. If you dream about studying in Australia with a full scholarship, apply online here. Applicants must also complete an Additional Information for Online Application. If you have any questions regarding the applications, please contact the Australia Awards in Indonesia office via WhatsApp – +62 81289804911, Phone – +62 21 5277648 or email. For further information, please click here.
- The City of Melbourne is calling on innovators, entrepreneurs, students and community members to take part in Open Innovation Competition 2019. Submissions open 7 March and close 18 April 2019. One of the major prizes includes a trip to the Bandung Institute of Technology. Follow the competition here.
- Call for Volunteers at Indofest 2019, South Australia. The Australian-Indonesian Association of South Australia Inc. (AIASA) is looking for enthusiastic and committed volunteers to assist in the 2019 Indofest event on Sunday, 28 April 2019 at Victoria Square (South side). The committee will provide take-away lunch on the day, and a certificate of acknowledgment should you require one. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the expression of interest form here.
- The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan has collaborated with Australia Awards in Indonesia, Mulawarman University, and the University of Adelaide to provide a Split-Site Master’s Scholarship Program for high school and vocational school English teachers in East Kalimantan, for the academic year of 2019-2021. For more information on the scholarship’s procedures, requirements, and timeline, click here. Applications close 17 May 2019.
- English First (EF) Indonesia is looking for Australian teachers for teaching posts in Indonesia. EF Indonesia is also offering sponsorship for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate valued at over $500 to successful candidates as well as full reimbursement for flights to/from Australia. If you would like to apply, please email recruitment.id@ef.com describing why you are applying for this role (100 words max) and attach your CV.
- Learning a language? Get Indonesian & English language help with UniBRIDGE Project.
Like what we do? Want to join or support your local chapter to contribute to our exciting activities? Sign up as an AIYA member today!
MEMBERSPOTLIGHT – EDWIN SALIM
AIYA Links: 15 March 2019
Photo: ‘The Seen and Unseen’ is one of the films to be featured at FSAI 2019.
Running from 14 – 31 March in Indonesia, Festival Sinema Australia Indonesia (FSAI) once again showcases the best films of Australia and Indonesia. Event details below.
Selamat menikmati Festival Sinema Australia Indonesia (FSAI) 2019!
In the news
- Two of Australia’s most prestigious universities are considering opening new campuses in Indonesia following the signing of a landmark free trade agreement.
- A series of major disasters throughout Indonesia in 2018 made sure the year left a mark in the nation’s collective memory. But to maintain a functioning health system in the face of a crisis, disaster response alone is not enough.
- At the very time Indonesian women are lauded for their campaign skills, it remains a lamentable shame that the role women in Indonesian politics doesn’t show any significant progress, writes Febriana Firdaus.
- Facebook says it will not allow election advertisements for Indonesia’s upcoming presidential election that are purchased from outside the country.
- The annual Australia Indonesia Cinema Festival (FSAI) is back showcasing the best of Australian film to give Indonesian audiences insight into the diversity, sense of humor, excitement and curiosity of life in Australia. Read about what’s on offer here!
Keen for more news updates on all things Australia-Indonesia? Subscribe to the Australia-Indonesia Centres’ Media Updates for a twice-weekly digest!
On the blog
- Read about the experiences of Journalism student, Lisa interning at Radio Republik Indonesia during her ACICIS Practicum program!
- Member Spotlight – It’s time learn more about the lives of those behind AIYA. This week, meet AIYA Director of Operations, Clarice Campbell!
Events
- Jakarta, Mataram, Makassar, Bandung & Surabaya, 14 – 31 March – Festival Sinema Australia Indonesia (#FSAI2019) is coming. Various genres of Australian and Indonesian feature films will be screened. And for the first time, FSAI 2019 presents a selection of short films featured at Flickerfest, Australia’s leading competitive short film festival. Tickets are gratis! Head to the event page to purchase yours.
- Sydney, Canberra & Melbourne, 26, 27, 28 March – The Lowy Institute is hosting, ‘Indonesia’s elections: democracy on trial’ in Sydney, Canberra & Melbourne. Join eminent Indonesian political expert Professor Dewi Fortuna Anwar, and Director of Lowy Institute’s Southeast Asia Project Ben Bland, for a discussion on the elections, the state of democracy in Indonesia, and the implications for Indonesia’s international relations. Click on the relevant city for event details and register your interest!
- Adelaide, 24 March – AIYA SA will go hiking at Brownhill Creek from 10am. Follow their FB page for more details.
- Adelaide, 26 March – Join AIYA SA for LX at Bedford Park from 5:30pm!
- Canberra, March 2 – 21 – The Indonesian Student Association (PPIA) ACT are holding FREE Angklung (traditional Indonesian instrument) and Jaipong (traditional dance) classes at the Indonesian Embassy every Saturday from 9-11am (4 FREE classes in total). Registration has now been extended to AIYA members. To register, contact one of the three names on the information poster here.
- Canberra, March 22 – Come along to Nusa Tenggara Association’s (NTA) 2019 “FUN-D” RAISING DINNER” at 6:30 pm to help raise funds to tackle poverty and malnutrition in the poor farming communities of eastern Indonesia. Guest speaker is Prof Budy P. Resosudarmo. The dinner will also feature a silent auction, raffle and entertainment. Tickets: $60 each, tables of 10 are very welcome! Purchase your ticket!
- Castlemaine (Victoria), 25 – 27 March – Abdi Karya’s motto is “Don’t think. Feel.” The performance artist, theatre-maker and cultural manager from Makassar, Indonesia, has created a truly tactile performance for the Castlemaine State Festival. Learn more about Abdi Karya and purchase your ticket here.
- Darwin, 20 March – AIBC NT and the Consul General are hosting a Business Breakfast Meeting to discuss an update on the opportunities now Australia and Indonesia have formally signed the IA-CEPA Agreement, together with an update on the Arafura Games. Registration is essential. Please register by 18 March.
- Jakarta, TODAY – Language Exchange is on again from 7pm at Gelora Bung Karno Stadium. See you there!
- Kupang, 16 March – AIYA East Indo-Kupang is going to hold an English Language Training Assistance (ELTA) Program Sharing Session at Aussie Banget Corner, Nusa Cendana University from 11am onwards.
- Melbourne, 13 March – Come to AIYA Vic’s LX every Wednesday at 6pm, RMIT Building 80.
- Perth, 18 March – Join AIYA WA at their ‘Politics, Power and Predictions: The Road to the Indonesian Presidential Election’ event this Monday. Tickets are free but please register as seats are limited!
- Sydney, 21 March – Back by popular demand, AIYA NSW and PPIA, University of Sydney is hosting Malam Karier 2019 (Indonesian Careers Night 2019), Future Thinking, Now at the University of Sydney from 6-9pm. Get your tickets here!
- Sydney, 23 March – Attend ‘SUPERMENTOR SYDNEY: PREPARE YOURSELF FOR AN EXPONENTIAL FUTURE’ and listen to inspiring talks from Bima Arya – Mayor of Bogor; Peter F. Gontha – Ambassador of Indonesia to Poland (2014 – 2019) and other esteemed guests. The event is FREE – Register now (RSVP Required)!
- Sydney, 23 March – Spectacular Eastern Indonesia highlights the vibrant dance and rich musical traditions from the Eastern Region of Indonesia including the well-loved dance, the poco poco. It also features West Papua dancers who are performing for the first time in Australia. As well as award-winning musician, Yopi Latul. Tickets are extremely limited so reserve yours today via Eventbrite.
- Yogyakarta, 17 March – Feel like going for a jog? Join AIYA Yogya from 6.30AM @ Wisdom Park, UGM for some early morning exercise.
- Yogyakarta, 19 March – AIYA Yogya will host RRI Pro 2 Futsal from 5 – 7pm every Tuesday. It is 15k for members and 20k for non-members. Check out the video and see how fun was the last futsal night was! #YukOlahraga!
- Yogyakarta, 20 March – Come along to AIYA Yogyakarta’s LX from 6.30PM @ AoA Resto & Creative Space.
Opportunities
- AIYA National is seeking a new Partnerships Officer! Read the position description here. To apply before midnight 18 March 2019, please send your current CV to Sam Shlansky (Director of Partnerships and Memberships) at sam.shlansky@aiya.org.au along with a short cover letter responding to the questions outlined in the position description.
- Monash University (Caufield) is seeking a PAIR Program Officer. PAIR is the Australia-Indonesia Centre’s DFAT-funded collaborative research program. For more information on the position and how to apply, click here. Applications close 25 March 2019.
- Volunteers required! FBBI 2019 is the Festival Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia 2019 and aims to celebrate and share Indonesian language and culture with high-school students across Victoria. The need volunteers to present at the four workshops being held from March – May across Warrnambool, Wodonga, Melbourne City or Clayton. To register your interest, click here.
- Saksara Research is currently seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified graduates to join its field research team in East Java (Surabaya based). Research Assistant positions are for a one month contract, with the possibility for an extension. Information about how to apply for this opportunity is available in the position description.
- Nominations for the 2019 Australia Indonesia Awards are open until 31 March 2019. Name a hardworking person you know who is committed to building Australia Indonesia relations. Categories this year are, women’s sport, technology/training and arts & entertainment. Nominate someone here.
- Applications for internships at the Australian Embassy Indonesia are now open. The Embassy welcome applications from Australian and Indonesian postgraduate students to undertake an internship for an 8 week period from 1 July to 23 August 2019. Applications close on Sunday 17 March 2019.
- Applications for the Hamer Scholarships are now open! They offer Victorians the opportunity of a 5-6 month intensive in-market language study and cultural immersion in Indonesia, China, Japan or Korea with scholarships up to the value of $15,000. See how you can take your career/business to the next level with a Hamer Scholarship in Indonesia! Further information and program guidelines can be found here. Applications close 17 March 2019.
- Are you a UniSyd undergraduate wanting to boost your resume and travel overseas? Apply now to the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre and receive a $3000 travel grant to spend two weeks on a field school in Indonesia, conducting research on issues related to disability and inclusion. Applications open until 18 March – apply now!
- Australia Awards Scholarships for Master’s and PhD degrees have officially opened and close on 30 April 2019. If you dream about studying in Australia with a full scholarship, apply online here. Applicants must also complete an Additional Information for Online Application. If you have any questions regarding the applications, please contact the Australia Awards in Indonesia office via WhatsApp – +62 81289804911, Phone – +62 21 5277648 or email. For further information, please click here.
- The City of Melbourne is calling on innovators, entrepreneurs, students and community members to take part in Open Innovation Competition 2019. Submissions open 7 March and close 18 April 2019. One of the major prizes includes a trip to the Bandung Institute of Technology. Follow the competition here.
- Call for Volunteers at Indofest 2019, South Australia. The Australian-Indonesian Association of South Australia Inc. (AIASA) is looking for enthusiastic and committed volunteers to assist in the 2019 Indofest event on Sunday, 28 April 2019 at Victoria Square (South side). The committee will provide take-away lunch on the day, and a certificate of acknowledgment should you require one. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the expression of interest form here.
- The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan has collaborated with Australia Awards in Indonesia, Mulawarman University, and the University of Adelaide to provide a Split-Site Master’s Scholarship Program for high school and vocational school English teachers in East Kalimantan, for the academic year of 2019-2021. For more information on the scholarship’s procedures, requirements, and timeline, click here. Applications close 17 May 2019.
- English First (EF) Indonesia is looking for Australian teachers for teaching posts in Indonesia. EF Indonesia is also offering sponsorship for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate valued at over $500 to successful candidates as well as full reimbursement for flights to/from Australia. If you would like to apply, please email recruitment.id@ef.com describing why you are applying for this role (100 words max) and attach your CV.
- Learning a language? Get Indonesian & English language help with UniBRIDGE Project.
Like what we do? Want to join or support your local chapter to contribute to our exciting activities? Sign up as an AIYA member today!
Learning about social and cultural nuance as an Australian intern at Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI)
Interning at Radio Republik Indonesia (RRI) reminded me of family dinners at my Italian-Australian grandparents’ house in the late 90s: Cigarettes and instant coffee in the kitchen. Trophies, awards and decorative tissue box in the meeting rooms. And, everybody wanted to feed me. It was truly a dream-come-true for a wannabe foreign correspondence journalist like myself.
But, RRI is far more than just an example of sensational Indonesian hospitality. They’ve made a weighty contribution to Indonesian’s national identity. In many ways, they have mirrored the rapid social progression of their environment. However, the organisation’s legacy is still a huge part of their identity. It defines the spirit with which they approach each passing challenge. The placement taught me about Indonesian history, challenged my beliefs and changed the way I will work cross-culturally forever.
The legacy of building a nation
RRI’s legacy has been shaped and continues to be shaped, by Indonesia’s eventful modern history. Stained by a struggle for independence from colonialism, a period of authoritarian leadership and rapid reformation in recent years.
While in Indonesia, I learnt that half a millennia ago there was no such thing as Indonesia. Instead, there were 17 thousand islands populated by countless cultural and ethnic groups. I didn’t realise how recently Indonesia declared itself a sovereign nation.
Unifying such a diverse population was no small task. A perceived sense of national identity, despite cultural differences, was an important political tool to solidify the infant nation’s unity. Nobody recorded the original declaration of independence. But, 25 days later Sukarno re-stated it for RRI listeners. This was their first broadcast and the recording is the main feature in their lobby.
These days, privately owned media is the norm. However, this was only given the chance to flourish free from bureaucratic choke-hold in the late 90s. For the first two decades after independence, the state controlled the radio frequencies across the archipelago. RRI and Television Republik Indonesia (TVRI) were the sole broadcasters. Media was seen by the government as a tool to build a nation.
A fight for press freedom
Kabul Budiono has worked for in state-funded broadcasting since the late seventies. he has Performed numerous roles; from an announcer, to director of RRI.
I walked nervously into TVRI’s head office; it was far more modern than RRI’s. Mr Budiono wore thick-framed glasses, brightly coloured batik and a jovial grin throughout our entire meeting. It was easy to forget I was sitting across from the elected member of TVRI.
Impartiality has always been central to RRI’s official mandate. When Budiono began working for RRI In the late seventies, this was not put into practice.
One election year, the city was bursting at the seams with people and politics. Budiono was a young journalist working in Jakarta. He was forbidden from reporting criticisms of President Suharto and his political party Golkar.
While Suharto won the election, Golkar lost sorely in Papua. Budiono wanted to know why. He contacted academics and pieced together a story. That day, the 1pm state-funded broadcaster criticised a president for the first time in its 25-year history. The Ministry of Information was not impressed. But, “I am still here,” he told me with a satisfied smirk.
Perhaps this could have served as a canary in Suharto’s authoritarian gold-mine. After his regime fell during the Asian Financial Crisis of the late 90s, RRI made the official shift from state to public status. Officially, they now represented the citizens of Indonesia, not merely the President.
Impartial but not at every cost
RRI, as with the rest of the nation, has changed a lot since the 1998 reformation. They now operate in a starkly different political climate.
Since 2002, their independence has been protected by the KPI (Indonesian Broadcasting Commission). According to political scientist Douglas Ramage, “Indonesia has one of the freest media’s in all of South East Asia”.
Several of my colleagues at RRI told me they are free to say whatever they want.
They have a station dedicated to criticising the government (Pro3) and strive to present multiple sides of every argument.
Independence is important. But, so is their national image. Reporters I spoke to see foreign broadcast as an opportunity to showcase Indonesia as more than just the land of tsunamis, earthquakes and the Bali bombings.
On top of that, national security also impacts editorial decisions. Budiono said TVRI and RRI will always be on the same side as the Republic of Indonesia in these matters. “We’re not like the BBC in that way,” he said referencing the British broadcasters stance against the Thatcher government during the Iraq war.
When I asked Budiono about RRI’s coverage of the pro-independence movement in West Papua he said, “we are free to have an open dialogue. But, if there is a weaponised movement trying to become free from Indonesia, we have to think about the sake of the nation.”
My reflections
RRI and TVRI are no longer governed by the state. However, they possess an entrenched state culture. This seemed fitting considering their crucial role in developing the national psyche.
However, I’ve been taught to view Journalism as a figure operating primarily to hold those in power accountable; like a final puzzle-piece essential to a picture of a healthy democracy. The memory of my first-year lecturer howling “the fourth estate” in her thick Australian accent is etched in my memory. As a result, I found some of my experiences at RRI challenging.
Most of the reporting I did was inside air-conditioned hotels and government buildings. I recognise the importance of authoritative sources. But, it seemed strange to spend a morning drinking tea and talking achievements with diplomats, government officials and academics.
But, of course, I didn’t come to Indonesia to have every one of my standing beliefs about Journalism affirmed. I don’t agree with the way RRI does every little thing. But, am I supposed to? Unlike many of the reporters at RRI, I’ve never lived through a period of civil unrest in my country.
Every day journalists at RRI walk a fine line between considering national interest and elevating individuals in their society. It is complex and messy and truly impressive. It requires an attention to social, historical and cultural nuance probably impossible for a foreign journalist.
Working at RRI was an invaluable experience that taught me the impact history and culture has on media. It is an experience I will take with me throughout the rest of my studies and beyond.
Lisa Grace Favazzo is a student living in Melbourne, Australia. This summer she took part in a journalism professional placement program run by the Australian Consortium for In-country Indonesian Studies (ACICIS). Her trip highlights include speaking (terrible) Bahasa Indonesia, eating onde-onde and interning with the countries public radio broadcaster; RRI.
AIYA Links: 8 March 2019
It’s signed! Australia and Indonesia signed the Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement (IA-CEPA) on 4 March 2019. This agreement is expected to launch a new chapter in economic relations between Australia and Indonesia. See the full text of the agreement below.
In the news
- How will the 2019 elections matter to labour unions, and how can unions influence the result? Dr Dave McRae chats to Professor Michele Ford in Talking Indonesia.
- Indonesians’ stated affinity for the social value of gotong royong, or mutual cooperation, seems to be undercut by its lack of enthusiasm in participating in JKN. Who will pay for Indonesia’s national health insurance?
- The archipelago has a strong popular music history, and has nurtured talented groups in all sorts of genres, from hip-hop to heavy metal. But many musicians fear that their art is now under threat – a draft bill designed to control the industry may end up strangling it.
- Muhammad Ridick would rather endure a back-breaking five hours of commuting on his motorbike each day than ride Jakarta’s notorious public transport. It’s a race against time. As authorities build long-overdue roads and rail lines, Jakarta continues to grow.
- Hollywood studios and global cinema chains are funding a new golden age in Indonesia’s movie industry as box-office receipts soar and new screens open at a rate of about two a day.
- Indonesia’s participation as the Market Focus Country for the 2019 London Book Fair is a timely celebration of 70 years of bilateral relations between Indonesia and the United Kingdom. The theme 17,000 Islands of Imagination reflects the vast diversity of Indonesia in terms of literature and its people.
Keen for more news updates on all things Australia-Indonesia? Subscribe to the Australia-Indonesia Centres’ Media Updates for a twice-weekly digest!
On the blog
- Check out this article discussing the details of the recent Trade Agreement between Australia and Indonesia (IA-CEPA) here!
- Member Spotlight – It’s time learn more about the lives of those behind AIYA. This week, meet AIYA Yogyakarta President, Dhona!
- Don’t forget to read the 2018 AIYA Annual here!
Events
- Adelaide, 12 March – Join AIYA SA for LX at Victoria Square from 5:30pm!
- Adelaide, 24 March – AIYA SA will go hiking at Brownhill Creek from 10am. Follow their FB page for more details.
- Bandung, 9 March – Come and join AIYA Jawa Barat for a footy (Australian Rules Football) session at Parahyangan Reksa Raga from 5pm. The session is open for everyone (Rp. 10K for members & 15K for non-members)! It will be held by Bayu Pratama, Director of Player Development for @KrakatoasFC based in Melbourne. So, join in, bring friends, learn, and have a kick with AIYA JaBar!
- Canberra, March 2 – 21 – The Indonesian Student Association (PPIA) ACT are holding FREE Angklung (traditional Indonesian instrument) and Jaipong (traditional dance) classes at the Indonesian Embassy every Saturday from 9-11am (4 FREE classes in total). Registration has now been extended to AIYA members. To register, contact one of the three names on the information poster here.
- Jakarta, 11 March – On behalf of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the AIBC invites you to the 2019 REGIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM (RIF) held at Nusantara Hall, Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Express interest by contacting IIPC Sydney at invest@iipcsydney.com or call +61 2 9252 0091 before 5 March 2019. Learn more here!
- Kupang, 9 March – Join AIYA East Indonesia (NTT) for LX at AussieBanget Corner – Nusa Cendana University from 11am onwards. This week’s theme is culture!
- Makassar, 8 March – AIYA East Indonesia will host a ‘Belajar Bareng IELTS’ (Group IELTS study session) from 7pm at Kopi Api Pasar Seger. Come and join. Contact details can be found on the AIYA East Indo Instagram.
- Melbourne, 13 March – Come to AIYA Vic’s LX every Wednesday at 6pm, RMIT Building 80.
- Melbourne, 12 March – Come along to the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ (Victoria) seminar entitled ‘Asleep at the Wheel? Australian Economic Engagement in Indonesia’. Hear guest speaker Andrew Parker, Partner and Asia Practice Leader at PwC share his insights on the obstacles to a stronger Australia-Indonesia relationship. Get your tickets here!
- Castlemaine (Victoria), 25 – 27 March – Abdi Karya’s motto is “Don’t think. Feel.” The performance artist, theatre-maker and cultural manager from Makassar, Indonesia, has created a truly tactile performance for the Castlemaine State Festival. Learn more about Abdi Karya and purchase your ticket here.
- Yogyakarta, 10 March – Feel like going for a jog? Join AIYA Yogya from 6.30AM @ GSP UGM Sayap Barat for some early morning exercise.
- Yogyakarta, 12 March – AIYA Yogya will host RRI Pro 2 Futsal from 5 – 7pm every Tuesday. It is 15k for members and 20k for non-members. Check out the video and see how fun was the last futsal night was! #YukOlahraga!
Opportunities
- AIYA National is seeking a new Partnerships Officer! Read the position description here. To apply before midnight 18 March 2019, please send your current CV to Sam Shlansky (Director of Partnerships and Memberships) at sam.shlansky@aiya.org.au along with a short cover letter responding to the questions outlined in the position description.
- Volunteers required! FBBI 2019 is the Festival Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia 2019 and aims to celebrate and share Indonesian language and culture with high-school students across Victoria. The need volunteers to present at the four workshops being held from March – May across Warrnambool, Wodonga, Melbourne City or Clayton. To register your interest, click here.
- Saksara Research is currently seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified graduates to join its field research team in East Java (Surabaya based). Research Assistant positions are for a one month contract, with the possibility for an extension. Information about how to apply for this opportunity is available in the position description.
- Nominations for the 2019 Australia Indonesia Awards are open until 31 March 2019. Name a hardworking person you know who is committed to building Australia Indonesia relations. Categories this year are, women’s sport, technology/training and arts & entertainment. Nominate someone here.
- Applications for internships at the Australian Embassy Indonesia are now open. The Embassy welcome applications from Australian and Indonesian postgraduate students to undertake an internship for an 8 week period from 1 July to 23 August 2019. Applications close on Sunday 17 March 2019.
- Applications for the Hamer Scholarships are now open! They offer Victorians the opportunity of a 5-6 month intensive in-market language study and cultural immersion in Indonesia, China, Japan or Korea with scholarships up to the value of $15,000. See how you can take your career/business to the next level with a Hamer Scholarship in Indonesia! Further information and program guidelines can be found here. Applications close 17 March 2019.
- Are you a UniSyd undergraduate wanting to boost your resume and travel overseas? Apply now to the Sydney Southeast Asia Centre and receive a $3000 travel grant to spend two weeks on a field school in Indonesia, conducting research on issues related to disability and inclusion. Applications open until 18 March – apply now!
- Australia Awards Scholarships for Master’s and PhD degrees have officially opened and close 30 April 2019. If you dream about studying in Australia with a full scholarship, apply online here. Applicants must also complete an Additional Information for Online Application. If you have any questions regarding the applications, please contact the Australia Awards in Indonesia office via WhatsApp – 081289804911, Phone – 021 5277648 or email. For further information, please click here.
- The City of Melbourne is calling on innovators, entrepreneurs, students and community members to take part in Open Innovation Competition 2019. Submissions open 7 March and close 18 April 2019. One of the major prizes includes a trip to the Bandung Institute of Technology. Follow the competition here.
- Call for Volunteers at Indofest 2019, South Australia. The Australian-Indonesian Association of South Australia Inc. (AIASA) is looking for enthusiastic and committed volunteers to assist in the 2019 Indofest event on Sunday, 28 April 2019 at Victoria Square (South side). The committee will provide take-away lunch on the day, and a certificate of acknowledgment should you require one. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the expression of interest form here.
- The Provincial Government of East Kalimantan has collaborated with Australia Awards in Indonesia, Mulawarman University, and the University of Adelaide to provide a Split-Site Master’s Scholarship Program for high school and vocational school English teachers in East Kalimantan, for the academic year of 2019-2021. For more information on the scholarship’s procedures, requirements, and timeline, click here. Applications close 17 May 2019.
- English First (EF) Indonesia is looking for Australian teachers for teaching posts in Indonesia. EF Indonesia is also offering sponsorship for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate valued at over $500 to successful candidates as well as full reimbursement for flights to/from Australia. If you would like to apply, please email recruitment.id@ef.com describing why you are applying for this role (100 words max) and attach your CV.
- Learning a language? Get Indonesian & English language help with UniBRIDGE Project.
Like what we do? Want to join or support your local chapter to contribute to our exciting activities? Sign up as an AIYA member today!
MEMBER SPOTLIGHT — Nadia F. Romadhona
Welcome back to Member Spotlight learn more about the lives of those behind AIYA. This week, we introduce you to AIYA Yogyakarta President, Dhona!
It’s more than a free trade agreement. But what exactly have Australia and Indonesia signed?
This article was originally posted by The Conversation.
Australia’s trade minister Simon Birmingham and his Indonesian counterpart Enggartiasto Lukita signed the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement on Monday. Only afterwards (as is often the case) did we get to see what was in it.
We might never see an independent assessment of its costs and benefits.
Beforehand the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade released a summary of the good news about increased Australian agricultural and education exports, together with statements of support from export industry representatives.
It said more than 99% of Australian goods exports by value would enter Indonesia duty free or under significantly improved preferential arrangements by 2020. Indonesia will guarantee automatic issue of import permits for key products including live cattle, frozen beef, sheep meat, feed grains, rolled steel coil, citrus products, carrots and potatoes. Australia will immediately eliminate remaining tariffs on Indonesian imports into Australia.
But most deals have winners and losers. The devil is in the detailed text, released only after the ceremony.
Employment rights? The environment?
First, what’s missing. There are no chapters committing both governments to implement basic labour rights and environmental standards as defined in the United Nations agreements, and to prevent them from seeking trade advantages by reducing these rights and standards.
Such chapters are increasingly included in trade deals like the Comprehensive Progressive Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP-11) encompassing nations including Brunei, Malaysia, Mexico, Peru and Vietnam, and the Australia-EU Free Trade Agreement at present under negotiation.
They acknowledge that trade agreements increase competitive pressures, and are intended to prevent a race to the bottom on labour rights and environmental standards.
The fact they are missing from the Indonesia-Australia agreement shows neither government sees them as a priority.
Extra-national tribunals
The deal does include something else contentious that was included in the Trans-Trans-Pacific Partnership; so-called investor-state dispute settlement clauses, in Chapter 14, Section B.
They give special rights to foreign corporations to bypass local courts and sue governments for millions of dollars in extra-national tribunals if they believe a change in law or policy will harm their investment.
The tobacco giant Philip Morris tried it in 2011 using investor-state dispute settlement provisions in an obscure Australia Hong Kong agreement after it lost a fight against Australia’s plain packaging laws in the High Court. It eventually lost in the international tribunal, although after four years and at the cost to Australia of nearly 40 million dollars.
Temporary migrant workers
Article 12.9 of the Indonesia-Australia agreement will give Indonesia an additional 4,000 temporary working holiday visas, and a commitment over the next three years to negotiate arrangements for more “contractual service providers”.
Unlike permanent migrants, who have the same rights as other workers, temporary workers and contractual service providers are tied to one employer and can be deported if they lose their jobs, and so are vulnerable to exploitation, as shown by recent research.
After signing, the implementing legislation has to be passed by both the Australian and Indonesian parliaments before it can come into force.
And not for some time
In Australia, the next steps are for the treaty to be reviewed by the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties. But the likely calling of the federal election in April will dissolve this committee. The committee will be reconstituted after the election with the winning party having a majority.
Last year Labor faced a strong backlash from its membership and unions when it supported the implementing legislation for the TPP-11 despite the fact that it was contrary to the then Labor policy.
This led to the adoption of an even stronger policy at its national conference and a draft bill that would apply to both future and existing trade agreements.
It requires independent assessments of the economic, social and environmental impacts of future trade agreements before they are ratified, outlaws investor-state dispute settlement clauses and the removal of labour market testing for temporary workers, mandates labour rights and environmental clauses and requires the renegotiation of non-compliant agreements should Labor win office.R
If the Coalition wins office but not a Senate majority, and Labor implements its policy, a Coalition government could face opposition to ratification of the Indonesia-Australia agreement in the Senate.
If Labor wins government, it will face pressure from its base to implement its policy to conduct an independent assessment and renegotiate the provisions before ratification.
In Indonesia, which has elections in April, the deal could also face a rocky road.
Criticisms of the process led civil society groups to lodge a case which resulted in a ruling by the Indonesian Constitutional Court in November that the Indonesian President cannot approve trade agreements without parliamentary approval.
The opposition parties have been sceptical about the deal. Azam Azman Natawijana, deputy chairman of the parliamentary committee overseeing trade, was quoted in The Australian saying he expected the ratification process to be protracted.
AIYA Links: 1 March 2019
AIYA National is seeking a new Partnerships Officer! Click on the link below and find out more about the position.
In the news
- Australia and Indonesia will sign a free trade agreement next Monday, ending months of uncertainty.
- The collapse of an unlicensed gold mine in Indonesia’s North Sulawesi province has buried dozens of people, a disaster official said Wednesday, as emergency personnel used their bare hands and farm tools in a desperate attempt to reach victims calling for help from beneath the rubble.
- Indonesia’s second presidential debate might be a source of amusement for many Indonesian voters due to colourful exchanges between Jokowi and Prabowo Subianto. Yet such a debate-turn-banter reveals a bigger problem: the lack of policy details to address structural socio-ecological issues.
- Plastic pollution and the consequences of large-scale land reclamation projects are among the most pressing environmental problems in Indonesia today. Listen to this week’s episode of Talking Indonesia where they discuss the links between environmental activism and art.
- The world’s largest bee – a giant insect roughly the size of a human thumb – has been rediscovered in a remote part of Indonesia in its first sighting in nearly 40 years.
On the blog
- Don’t forget to read the 2018 AIYA Annual here!
Events
- Adelaide, 7 March – Join AIYA SA at the Adelaide Fringe Festival and watch the Gamelan Orchestra with Traditional Indonesian Dances from Mataram, as presented by Sanggar Mendur Putiq & The Garage International. Please note, tickets are sold by Adelaide Fringe and must be purchased before the event! AIYA have also received an exclusive invitation to MEET AND GREET the artists and take a group photo after, so don’t miss out!
- Adelaide, 12 March – Join AIYA SA for LX at Victoria Square from 5:30pm!
- Bandung, 9 March – Come and join AIYA Jawa Barat for a footy (Australian Rules Football) session at Parahyangan Reksa Raga from 5pm. The session is open for everyone (Rp. 10K for members & 15K for non-members)! It will be held by Bayu Pratama, Director of Player Development for @KrakatoasFC based in Melbourne. So, join in, bring friends, learn, and have a kick with AIYA JaBar!
- Canberra, March 2 – 21 – The Indonesian Student Association (PPIA) ACT are holding FREE Angklung (traditional Indonesian instrument) and Jaipong (traditional dance) classes at the Indonesian Embassy every Saturday from 9-11am (4 FREE classes in total). Registration has now been extended to AIYA members. To register, contact one of the three names on the information poster here.
- Jakarta, 11 March – On behalf of the Indonesia Investment Coordinating Board (BKPM), the AIBC invites you to the 2019 REGIONAL INVESTMENT FORUM (RIF) held at Nusantara Hall, Indonesia Convention Exhibition (ICE) Tangerang, Banten, Indonesia. Express interest by contacting IIPC Sydney at invest@iipcsydney.com or call +61 2 9252 0091 before 5 March 2019. Learn more here!
- Kupang, 2 March – Join AIYA East Indonesia (NTT) for LX at AussieBanget Corner – Nusa Cendana University from 11am onwards. This week’s theme is internet!
- Melbourne, 6 March – Come to AIYA Vic’s LX every Wednesday at 6pm, RMIT Building 80.
- Melbourne, 12 March – Come along to the Australian Institute of International Affairs’ (Victoria) seminar entitled ‘Asleep at the Wheel? Australian Economic Engagement in Indonesia’. Hear guest speaker Andrew Parker, Partner and Asia Practice Leader at PwC share his insights on the obstacles to a stronger Australia-Indonesia relationship. Get your tickets here!
- Castlemaine (Victoria), 25 – 27 March – Abdi Karya’s motto is “Don’t think. Feel.” The performance artist, theatre-maker and cultural manager from Makassar, Indonesia, has created a truly tactile performance for the Castlemaine State Festival. Learn more about Abdi Karya and purchase your ticket here.
- Sydney, 7 March – Commemorating International Women’s Day 2019, AIYA NSW’s first event for 2019 is an all-female panel discussion themed “Women Who Lead: Stories of Success”. Hear the guest speakers share their personal journeys and describe what it means to be a female leader. The night will close with networking and canapes with the panellists. To learn more about the speakers and to register your attendance, click here.
- Yogyakarta, 3 March – Feel like going for a jog? Join AIYA Yogya from 6.30AM @ GSP UGM Sayap Barat for some early morning exercise.
- Yogyakarta, 5 March – AIYA Yogya will host RRI Pro 2 Futsal from 5 – 7pm every Tuesday. It is 15k for members and 20k for non-members. #YukOlahraga!
- Yogyakarta, 6 March – Come along to AIYA Yogyakarta’s LX from 6.30PM @ AoA Resto & Creative Space.
Opportunities
- AIYA National is seeking a new Partnerships Officer! Read the position description here. To apply before midnight 18 March 2019, please send your current CV to Sam Shlansky (Director of Partnerships and Memberships) at sam.shlansky@aiya.org.au along with a short cover letter responding to the questions outlined in the position description.
- AIYA Queensland is accepting Expressions of Interest to join the 2019 committee for a variety of roles. If you’re a passionate, motivated young person seeking team and leadership experience, send your CV and a short introduction of yourself detailing why you want to join the committee (max. 200 words) to operations@aiya.org.au by TONIGHT.
- Volunteers required! FBBI 2019 is the Festival Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia 2019 and aims to celebrate and share Indonesian language and culture with high-school students across Victoria. To register your interest to present at one of the workshops across Warrnambool, Wodonga, Melbourne City or Clayton, click here.
- Saksara Research is currently seeking expressions of interest from suitably qualified graduates to join its field research team in East Java (Surabaya based). Research Assistant positions are for a one month contract, with the possibility for an extension. Information about how to apply for this opportunity is available in the position description.
- Applications for internships at the Australian Embassy Indonesia are now open. The Embassy welcome applications from Australian and Indonesian postgraduate students to undertake an internship for an 8 week period from 1 July to 23 August 2019. Applications close on Sunday 17 March 2019. To learn more and apply, click here.
- Australia Awards Scholarships for Master’s and PhD degrees have officially opened and close 30 April 2019. If you dream about studying in Australia with a full scholarship, apply online here. Applicants must also complete an Additional Information for Online Application. If you have any questions regarding the applications, please contact the Australia Awards in Indonesia office via WhatsApp – 081289804911, Phone – 021 5277648 or email. For further information, please click here.
- Call for Volunteers – Indofest 2019, South Australia. The Australian-Indonesian Association of South Australia Inc. (AIASA) is looking for enthusiastic and committed volunteers to assist in the 2019 Indofest event on Sunday, 28 April 2019 at Victoria Square (South side). The Indofest Committee will provide take-away lunch on the day, and a certificate of acknowledgment should you require one. If you are interested in volunteering, please fill out the expression of interest form here.
- The City of Melbourne is calling on innovators, entrepreneurs, students and community members to take part in Open Innovation Competition 2019. Submissions open 7 March and close 18 April 2019. To celebrate the Open Innovation Challenge 2019, you’re invited to attend a free launch event ‘Melbourne Conversations: safety and the city‘ at Accenture on Thursday 7 March. Registrations are now open. One of the major prizes includes a trip to the Bandung Institute of Technology. Follow the competition here.
- English First (EF) Indonesia is looking for Australian teachers for teaching posts in Indonesia. EF Indonesia is also offering sponsorship for a Teaching English as a Foreign Language (TEFL) certificate valued at over $500 to successful candidates as well as full reimbursement for flights to/from Australia. If you would like to apply, please email recruitment.id@ef.com describing why you are applying for this role (100 words max) and attach your CV.
- Indonesia’s Ministry of Education and Culture is inviting all foreign students to apply for 2019 Darmasiswa Scholarship, with a chance to study in the University of your choice among 71 Universities across Indonesia. For more info, head to their application page. Applications close 1 March 2019.
- Balai Bahasa dan Budaya Indonesia (BBBI) of NSW is seeking people from NSW interested in joining their 2019 executive committee or becoming advisors/supporters. Balai Bahasa help promote the value of learning about Indonesian language and culture across NSW. If you’re interested, contact the acting Chair of BBBI, Jane Ahlstrand via email: jahlstra@une.edu.au or WhatsApp at: +61439248958. Please note that all positions are voluntary.
- Applications for the Hamer Scholarships are now open! They offer Victorians the opportunity of a 5-6 month intensive in-market language study and cultural immersion in Indonesia, China, Japan or Korea with scholarships up to the value of $15,000. See how you can take your career/business to the next level with a Hamer Scholarship in Indonesia! Further information and program guidelines can be found here. Applications close 17 March 2019.
- The 2018 – 2019 Short Film Competition for the 14th Indonesian Film Festival has begun. The competition is open to everyone and closes on the 3rd of March 2019. This year’s theme will explore “The Unknown”. Show off your creative skills for the chance to win a grand prize of AUD $750! For more information regarding competition rules and regulations, head to their website.
- Learning a language? Get Indonesian & English language help with UniBRIDGE Project.
Like what we do? Want to join or support your local chapter to contribute to our exciting activities? Sign up as an AIYA member today!