EDITORIAL: Indonesia’s elections and Australia’s future*

Since the election of the Abbott government last September, it has reoriented Australia’s foreign policy away from China towards Indonesia. While the immediate challenge of Middle Eastern asylum-seekers using Indonesia as a transit point was an important factor, the economic and strategic importance of Indonesia, a democracy of 250 million to our near north-west, clearly warranted this initiative. In April, elections will be held for the national parliament, and later this year, for the …

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