Interview with Indonesian Ambassador Primo Alui Jolieanto

06 October 2011This week marks the opening of the inaugural Australia-Indonesia Dialogue, a new  forum designed to enhance people-to-people and business-to-business linkage between the two countries. To mark the occasion, Pnyx Events Director Olivia Cable interviewed Ambassador Primo Alui Joelianto about the state of Australia-Indonesia relations in the 21st century.

 

Questions and corresponding start times:

1. From Indonesia's perspective, what are the most important issues in the Australia-Indonesia bilateral relationship? - 00.10

2. What is your assessment of security cooperation between the to countries, and how might this be advanced beyond the current focus on counter-terrorism? - 01.42

3. The United States and Australia seem on the cusp of a new agreement to enhance US access to Australian military facilities. How does Indonesia view these developments, and does it welcome a greater US footprint in the region? - 02.37

4. Diplomatically, does Indonesia aspire to a leadership position in the region beyond ASEAN? - 03.46

Noticeboard

07 March 2012

In May 2011 the Federal Government announced that the Australian Charities and Not-for-profits Commission (ACNC) would commence operations from 1 July 2012 and that it would initially be responsible for determining the legal status of groups seeking charitable, public benevolent institution, and other not-for-profit (NFP) benefits on behalf of all Commonwealth agencies. 

13 January 2012

The Summer 2012 issue of Quarterly Access examines the recent East Asia Summit, bilateral alliances in the Asia Pacific, the future of Timor-Leste, women's participation in peace processes and more.

Read QA online: http://www.aiia.asn.au/qa/qa-vol4-issue1

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