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Until recently, Australia-Indonesia relations were seen as being at historic highs under President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono. However, after ten years in power the Indonesian constitution prevents the man known as SBY from serving another term in the top job.Australia’s diplomatic relationship with Indonesia has gone worse following the revelations about Australian spying on the President […]

Indonesia is a shining light for liberalIslam but, as Colin Brown and Ross Taylor point out in an article for Weekend West Perth, has some way to go. Colin Brown isan adjunct professor at the GriffithAsia Institute, Griffith University andRoss Taylor is president of the WAIndonesia Institute. Read the full article (PDF 402kb)