Indonesian

Relationship between Indonesia and Australia after the new government.

Mikael Dian Teguh, soccer commentator and Tempo journalist discusses the impact of Australias 6-0 loss in their friendly game with Brazil on 08 September.    

Andra Junaidi Ramadhan from the band Andra and the Backbone talked about his upcoming concert in Soundsekerta 2013 to be held on 13 September in Melbourne, in his interview with our intern Pingkan Palilingan.  

Associate Professor Richard Chauvel [Victoria University] discusses the impact of different approaches to campaigning undertaken by parties in the run up to the election on 07 September 2013    

On Thursday the Coalition announced its long-awaited election costings which while not specifying any cuts to health or education and no changes to the GST, would raise around 40 billion dollars in savings over the next four years including a 4.5 ...

Research from the Australian National University (ANU) has found there are clear patterns in the way migrants from a non-English speaking background vote, although these start to disappear among the younger generations.  

Dr Purbaya Yudhi Sadewa from the Danareksa Research Institute discusses solutions to the falling value of the Indonesian currency against the USA dollar.  

Economist Dr Peter McCawley [Crawford School of Public Policy at the Australian National University] discusses the dilemma facing the Australian electorate on 07 Sep 2013 in relation to economic management and also explains recent unsettling trend...

A marginal seat is an electorate where the winner of the most recent election beat their nearest rival by six per cent or less of the vote. There are a number of important marginal electorates in the 2013 election and they receive a lot of attenti...

Manufacturing is one of the issues being debated during the election campaign, with a future many see as very bleak. Arguments focus on the issue of whether Government subsidies are a waste of taxpayers' money or vital assistance to create employm...

The Australian Sex Party has officially launched its election campaign. While it is a minority party, Sex Party is fielding candidates in every state and territory, in both the Senate and House of Representatives.  

Labor s pledge to invest 450-million dollars in improving after-school childcare services over four years is criticised by the Coalition as it is seen that the policy doesn't address the shortcomings Labor has shown in government in the childcare...

Dr Dave McRae, researcher, author and translator from the Lowy Institute, discusses the level of public interest in foreign policy as an issue in the 2013 election campaign.    

At a national summit in Adelaide, Aboriginal community-controlled health organisations (NACCHO) released a major plan they want political parties to commit to. They challenged both sides of politics to promise to give Aboriginal communities gre...

Professor Greg Barton, the Herb Feith Research Professor for the Study of Indonesia in the Faculty of Arts at Monash University discusses emerging trends in popular responses to policy announcements in the 2013 election campaign so far and their l...