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Mr Fitrian Ardiansyah Climate and Sustainability Specialist Independent, Coordinator at Indonesia Synergy and PhD Candidate at National Australian National University (ANU) talks about environmental issues in relation to Election 2013.  

The Coalition says that when his side is elected it would allocate tens-of-millions of dollars to try to stop asylum seeker boats leaving for Australia, while they were still in Sri Lanka, Malaysia and Indonesia, The plan would include a boat bu...

Wisnu A Reksodirdjo, a PhD student at the Marseilles School of Social Sciences in France discussed the opportunities and difficulties facing Indonesian LGBT community in the coming 2014 election.  

The Labor government believes it made progress on a co-ordinated regional response to the issue of people smuggling as a result of a meeting in Indonesia attended by about 12 countries and the UNHCR.  

Opposition Leader Tony Abbott has formally unveiled his paid parental leave scheme, which is more generous than the Federal Government's current scheme.    

The Government recently issued a report about well-being in Australia that among other things describes the impact of migration as as divisions in the nation.

Ms Rheny Pulungan, a former journalist and PhD candidate at University of Melbourne discusses the disparity in understanding between Australians and Indonesians regarding the priorities in policing regional waters.  

The race to win supporters for the federal election has driven many candidates to take to social media to connect with voters.      

Economist Dr Peter McCawley, Fellow at the Indonesia Project at ANU discusses the implications of the recently published pre-election economic and fiscal outlook (PEFO).  

From previous election and the census, there were found several thousand informal votes. The number of informal votes influence the election results in the marginal seats.

Virra Dewi, movie writer and producer talking about Sydney Movie Marathon Sydney 2013, featuring 2 Indonesian movies produced by Rudy Soedjarwo, titled "Langit ke 7" and "Pasukan Kapiten". The event was organised by Indnonesian Film Community ...

A description of the different ways Australians citizens can vote available in this years federal election.  

Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Coalition leader Tony Abbott have gone head-to-head in the first leaders' debate of the election campaign with economic management and the cost of living front and centre.

Major parties have launched their election campaign to the expatriate Australian. It is believed that the number of votes from expatriates can influence the coming election result.

Muslim community is one of the growing community in Australia with around 1/2 million people. Both major parties are trying to get Muslim votes.