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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 commentator

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The 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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Robert Law is director, advisory and insights at Asialink Business

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