Australia and the real battle for Indonesian Islam

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08 July 2011Beyond issues of Australian drug offenders, asylum seeker arrivals and animal cruelty in abattoirs, a battle is now raging in Indonesia that presents enormous strategic and economic risk to Indonesia and its relations with the region.

In the most recent Asialink Essay, Professor Tim Lindsey, Director of the Asian Law Centre at The University of Melbourne, argues that Australia needs to do more to support a tolerant and secular Indonesia, particularly through aid to schools.

Publication typeEssay
Publisher TypeAPO Member, Think tank
CoverageAustralia, Asia and the Pacific
Permanent URLhttp://apo.org.au/node/25418
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