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Forget defence, agriculture is key to Prabowo’s Indonesia
Indonesia is obsessed with food self-sufficiency, and free lunches for children was a key election promise from the new president. Australia can help him with both.
Robert LawAsia commentatorThe courting of Indonesian president-elect Prabowo Subianto is under way. Both China and Japan rolled out the red carpet for him on recent visits.
Prabowo’s background in special forces is well-known and he is currently defence minister, so media coverage and commentary about him naturally focuses on these areas.
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