Today the Indonesian Minister for Energy and Mineral Resources, Sudirman Said, will open the Indonesian Clean Energy Centre of Excellence in Bali, with Australia to be an important partner in the Centre’s new activities. In support of the opening the Australia Indonesia Centre announced the signing of an MoU and the commencement of a suite […]
Over sixty-five million Indonesians live off the grid. But what does that mean in the era of micro-grids, batteries and efficient solar panels? And how do communities change with 24/7 energy? Providing reliable electric power is one of the keys to unlocking the potential of the remote islands and landlocked areas of Indonesia and of […]
Business Victoria has announced the 2016 Hamer Scholarship Program for in-country language studies, including Indonesia. The Hamer Scholarship Program is a language and cultural immersion program designed to build the Asia-engagement capabilities of Victorians and to help strengthen cultural awareness and partnerships between Victoria and Asia. Their 2016 program offers language scholarships for cultural exchange in […]
A founding father of Southeast Asian studies in Australia, Professor John David Legge, passed away today at the age of 94. On 24 November 2015, staff and students in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University came together to celebrate the official opening of the John Legge Study Space in the Menzies Building at the Clayton campus. […]
As a former researcher and long-term research manager, I am thrilled when the results of my research and that of my colleagues is taken up. Whether the results are used by farmers in their practices, by policy makers to inform their legislation, by research collaborators to design centres of excellence or by companies to direct […]
Every shipping manager wages an endless battle against fouling – the bacteria, seaweed, barnacles and other marine life that take residence on the hull of ships. This biofouling is thought to add more than 20 per cent to the fuel costs of commercial shipping. That’s a big cost for the maritime trading nations of Australia […]
The Indonesian Government and the Australian Department of Foreign Affairs have issued press releases condemning the terrorist attacks in Jakarta on January 14, 2016. Official Media Release from the Government of the Republic of Indonesia “Today, at around 10.50 am, a suicide bomber exploded in a cafe at the crossroad of Thamrin Road, Central Jakarta, […]
After five years of steadily deteriorating economic performance, the Indonesian economy may be in the process of turning around. After reaching a 21st-century high of 6.4 percent in 2010, the country’s GDP growth rate has been lower every year since. It is unlikely to be higher than 4.7 percent this year, the lowest level since […]
This post was originally published in The Australian. Australia and Indonesia are poised for significantly closer military, security and economic ties as Jakarta’s ambassador to Canberra drew a line under two years of tension by declaring the critical relationship to be back on track. Nadjib Riphat Kesoema told The Australian that Malcolm Turnbull’s visit to […]
The Australia-Indonesia Centre will run a session at the 11th Annual Asia-Pacific Association for International Education (APAIE) Conference. The theme of the session is ‘Global drivers for interdisciplinary research and interventions to broaden collaborative approaches between Australia and Indonesia’. It will be held on Tuesday 1st March 2016 from 2pm – 3:30pm. The APAIE Annual Conference and Exhibition […]