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Australia and Indonesia United in the Sporting Arena


Indonesia’s World Karate Championship medallist Doni Dharmawan and Australian Embassy’s Public Affairs Counsellor Jenny Dee with Indonesian Olympic Committee’s Program Manager, Australian Dr Gregory J Wilson (centre), winner of the Lucky Door Prize – an autographed football by Australia’s national football team, the Qantas Socceroos, donated by the Football Federation of Australia.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer announcing the opening of applications for the 2010 Allan Taylor Award at an event to celebrate the sporting cooperation between Australia and Indonesia which coincided with the live telecast of the Asian Football Cup Qualifying match between Australia and Indonesia on 3 March 2010.
Guests attending the live telecast event organised by the Australian Embassy in Jakarta on Wednesday 3 March 2010.

Australia will provide A$215 million to support the Indonesian Government’s efforts to lift its people out of poverty.

Australia-Indonesia relationship; People smuggling; Anti-terrorism efforts; Opposition obstruction in the Senate; Extradition

The Prime Minister of Australia, Kevin Rudd, and the President of Indonesia, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, issued a joint statement in Canberra, Australia.

The Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia, Ms Quentin Bryce AC, today appointed Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indonesia, as an Honorary Companion in the General Division of the Order of Australia.

Indonesia's current and future leaders are being invited to apply to study in Australia in 2011 through the prestigious Australian Leadership Awards scholarships.

A delegation of young Indonesian Muslim leaders- Nikmatullah from Lombok, Helma Malini from West Kalimantan, Fauza Masyhudi from Padang and Rita Pranawati from Jakarta-departed for Australia on Sunday on a bilateral exchange program aimed at strengthening understanding and links among young leaders of both countries.

The Australian Embassy today hosted an event to celebrate the sporting cooperation between Australia and Indonesia which coincided with the live telecast of the crucial Asian Football Cup Qualifying match between the two nations.

Australia and Indonesia are joining forces to help ensure the people of West Sumatra are better prepared for earthquakes and build safer houses to minimise damage.

The Minister for Climate Change, Energy Efficiency and Water of Australia, Senator Penny Wong, and the Minister of Forestry of Indonesia, HE Mr Zulkifli Hasan, today announced the establishment of the A$30 million Indonesia-Australia Sumatra Forest Carbon Partnership to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation and forest degradation.

The Study in Australia 2010 exhibition was officially opened in Jakarta today by the Indonesian State Minister for Youth and Sports Affairs, Dr Andi Mallarangeng and the Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, also announcing the winners of the Climate Change Short Movie Competition.

The Australian Embassy today announced the five short-listed candidates in the Study in Australia Climate Change Short Movie Competition who stand a chance to win a sponsored five-day trip to Perth.

 

The Australia-Indonesia Institute (AII) is inviting applicants from Australia and Indonesia to submit funding proposals for projects designed to contribute to a better mutual understanding and enduring relationship between Australia and Indonesia.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer will today farewell the third group of thirty Indonesian teachers as they began a three-week visit to Australia on an education initiative to build partnerships between Australian and Indonesian schools.

Australia has awarded 300 postgraduate scholarships to Indonesians in the 2010 round of the Australian Development Scholarships.

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, has issued a final call for nominations for this year's Australian Alumni Awards. “I strongly encourage the public to nominate high achieving alumni for these awards and help to celebrate their success,” said Farmer.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer hosted a function last night to farewell Australian and Indonesian participants of the Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program 2009-10 and congratulated them on a successful program both in Australia and Indonesia.

The Australian Embassy, the Japanese Embassy, the Indonesian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, and the Centre for Strategic and International Studies (CSIS) will jointly host a panel discussion on the report by the International Commission for Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament (ICNND) in Jakarta on 10 February 2010.

On behalf of the Australia-Indonesia Institute and Paramadina University, the Organising Committee of the Indonesia-Australia Young Muslim Leaders’ Exchange Program congratulates the applicants who have been selected to participate in the 2010 program.

The Australian Embassy in partnership with Perth Education City, The Indonesian Nobel Foundation and The Climate Project Indonesia, is pleased to announce the opening of a short movie competition themed: Climate Change: What does it mean to you and your surroundings?

The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Mr Harry Jenkins, met students from Kebon Jeruk 11 Jakarta primary school while visiting Australia’s innovative science education exhibition Strike A Chord-The Science of Music at PP-IPTEK (Indonesia’s National Science and Technology Centre), Taman Mini Indonesia Indah today.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia Bill Farmer today invested Professor Sangkot Marzuki as an Honorary Member of the Order of Australia for his ongoing service to Australia-Indonesia relations through scientific collaborations and for promoting Australian tertiary education in Indonesia.

People-to-people links between Australia and Indonesia received a boost this month with the commencement of a new student exchange program aimed at providing development studies students in Australia the opportunity to work and experience life in Indonesia through the study of Indonesian language and a four week internship program.

The Speaker of the Australian House of Representatives, Mr Harry Jenkins, announced funding of A$30,000 from the Australia-Indonesia Institute to the Jakarta Bintangs Australian Football Development Program during an Australia Day Sporting Carnival held on 23 January.

Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, will honour tonight 20 high-achieving Indonesian recipients of the Australian Government Endeavour Awards for 2010, including the two winners of The Prime Minister's Australia Asia Endeavour Award, a prestigious scholarship newly announced by Prime Minister Kevin Rudd.

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Bill Farmer, welcomes the recent signing of a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between Football Federation Australia (FFA) and the Indonesian Football Association (PSSI).

The Australian Ambassador to Indonesia, Bill Farmer, today announced the winners of the Provoke Art Wave T-Shirt Design Competition at the Australian Embassy in Jakarta.

Nominations open today for the 2010 Australian Alumni Awards in Indonesia.

Australia’s Ambassador to Indonesia, Mr Bill Farmer, together with youth organisation Gerakan Pemuda (GP) Ansor, will today launch a tree planting program in Depok, West Java.

On behalf of the Government and people of Australia I extend to the President and people of the Republic of Indonesia our sincere condolences on the passing of former Indonesian President Abdurrahman Wahid.

Radio Kookaburra celebrates its 10 year anniversary this month with features on the strong cooperation between Australia and Indonesia on climate change, science, education and culture.

Australian and Indonesian participants in the Australia-Indonesia Youth Exchange Program (AIYEP) will today commence the Indonesian leg of their exchange program which will provide the opportunity to live and work in communities in Bangka-Belitung province.

Australian Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Japanese Prime Minister Yukio Hatoyama launched the report of the International Commission on Nuclear Non-proliferation and Disarmament, Eliminating Nuclear Threats: A Practical Agenda for Global Policymakers, at a ceremony in Tokyo on 15 December 2009.

The Asia Education Foundation, Provincial Departments of Education and selected schools in Jakarta, South Sumatra and East Java will sign agreements today to participate in the third phase of the BRIDGE program – bringing the total number of Indonesian schools participating in the program to 47 in 7 provinces.

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