Indonesia-Australia relations: Looking beyond...‘Beef, Boats and Bali’.
By Ross B. Taylor AM The PM-elect Tony Abbott got off to a good start in building trust and a good working relationship with Indonesia. His telephone conversation last week with Indonesia’s president, Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, (SBY) has set the scene for both countries to co-operate in the implementation of the coalition’s ‘turn back the boats’ policy. Indonesia knows that good relations between our two countries are critical at this time throughout the region, and particularly as both the USA and China are now positioning themselv…
Presidential Friend of Indonesia 2013
In July of this year Ross Taylor was selected by the Indonesian Government as Australia's 'Presidential Friend of Indonesia - 2013'. In August 2013 Ross joined ten other participants from nine countries, including Russia, Myanmar, East Timor, South Africa and Serbia as Presidential Friends of Indonesia. As guests of the Indonesian Government, Ross and his colleagues met President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono and also several former presidents and vice presidents, the Sultan of Yogyakarta, and vice governor of Jakarta. The group a…
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