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Indonesia’s remote new capital looks like a disaster
President Joko Widodo’s plan to create a city on an old timber plantation is late and over budget.
- Joseph Rachman
May
Musk in Bali to launch Starlink satellite internet service
The billionaire head of Tesla and SpaceX and owner of social platform X to launch the service alongside outgoing Indonesian President Joko Widodo.
- Updated
- Firdia Lisnawati and Niniek Karmini
Stellantis, Vale in nickel talks in Indonesian coup
The smelter deal would bring a rare Western investor to Indonesia, the world’s biggest producer of a commodity critical to making electric cars.
- Updated
- A. Anantha Lakshmi and Harry Dempsey
April
Japan, US to seek Australia’s help in bolstering Indo-Pacific defence
Japanese officials indicate Australia would have a role to play to bolster ties in the region and reduce the risk of confrontations between China and the Philippines.
- Michael Smith
‘Old friend’: Indonesia’s Prabowo meets Xi in first foreign trip
Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, met China’s President, Xi Jinping, in Beijing on Monday on his first foreign trip since his election.
- Ryan Woo
Indonesia vows to speed up nickel output despite global glut
A deputy minister says the government wants to expand nickel production to achieve “price equilibrium” to support sustainable demand for EV batteries.
- A. Anantha Lakshmi
March
Prabowo vows smooth transition, pushes privatisation
Indonesia’s putative president said he believed economic growth could reach 8 per cent annually within the next four or five years.
- Gayatri Suroyo and Stefanno Sulaiman
February
- Opinion
- Prabowo Subianto
History’s hand on Prabowo’s shoulder
The new president, steeped in Indonesian nationalism, is likely to hew closely to Joko Widodo’s middle path between the US and China.
- James Curran
- Opinion
- Indonesian election
Prabowo the continuity candidate will be far from a proxy president
Prabowo Subianto has finally breezed into power in his predecessor’s slipstream. But he will push through his own agenda with an unpredictable style as Indonesian president.
- Ben Bland
Presumed president Prabowo to plough ahead on nickel
Indonesia’s protectionist resource policies will cause grief to Australia’s miners under a Prabowo presidency.
- Emma Connors
Ex-general Prabowo claims victory in Indonesia election
The former military commander has declared a “victory for all the people of Indonesia”, and appears set to win without needing a run-off election.
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- Emma Connors
- Analysis
- Indonesian election
Prabowo finally takes the office he has craved
The former military commander looks to have secured the Indonesian presidency – but will his time in office herald a new era for the country?
- James Curran
- Opinion
- The AFR View
Energy protectionism complicates our ties with Indonesia
Rather than the lack of complementarity between the nations’ economies, it is the clash with Indonesia’s resource nationalism that is now a key focus of Australian interest in the election contest.
- The AFR View
Indonesia’s Jokowi under fire over ‘election meddling’
The hugely popular outgoing president has backed away from campaigning for the frontrunner and his running mate, who is Jokowi’s son.
- Emma Connors
How Indonesia’s election will shift cosy China relationship
Indonesia is one of the most important ‘swing states’ in the US-China rivalry and, with a change of government on the way, it appears to be inching towards stronger ties with the West.
- Emma Connors
- Opinion
- Indonesian election
Indonesia’s Prabowo finally steps from the shadows
Prabowo Subianto has been the coming man for a long time. That will shape how the likely winner of Indonesia’s presidential election will govern.
- John McCarthy
Five reasons why the Indonesian election matters to Australia
From the spectre of an Indonesian Donald Trump to the birth of a political dynasty; here’s what you should know about the February 14 election.
- Emma Connors
January
Jokowi’s cabinet fractures as finance minister mulls exit
The cabinet rift casts a spotlight on the president, who is seen as manoeuvring to secure a successor in the upcoming elections.
- Faris Mokhtar, Chandra Asmara and Grace Sihombing
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
The unknown unknowns of a global year of elections
There will be more than 70 elections worldwide. Given that several of those elections will be in significant countries and the results are unpredictable, 2024 will be a year of uncertainty.
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- Alexander Downer