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Australia’s diplomatic focus may be on the Middle East right now, but another potential headache is gaining steam as the Indonesian election draws closer.

As tourists return in big numbers, authorities in Jakarta and Denpasar are eager to alleviate heavy traffic without disturbing Bali’s natural beauty and culture.

All three candidates share some common policy platforms, but they differ on their economic strategies, campaign rhetoric – and desire to preserve the outgoing president’s legacy.

Elon Musk has been bullish in his views of Indonesia but while talks for a Tesla investment have been on for quite some time, nothing much has officially come out.

"I was a little surprised to learn the NFF wants to run a campaign against a government that...

"I was a little surprised to learn the NFF wants to run a campaign against a government that...

"I was a little surprised to learn the NFF wants to run a campaign against a government that...

The candidates for next year's Indonesian presidential election were set Wednesday, with septuagenarian former special forces general Prabowo Subianto  and his running mate, the president's son, seen as the frontrunners.Subianto and Widodo's son Gibran Rakabuming Raka were joined by supporters and a marching band in their journey to the election commission on Wednesday, both dressed in baby blue shirts after attending a concert by tens of thousands at a central Jakarta arena.

Indonesian Foreign Affairs Minister Retno Marsudi voiced Indonesia's disappointment with the work of the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), ...

The PDI-P could use Gibran’s political inexperience and call to preserve Indonesia’s democracy as a way to weaken Prabowo’s campaign, observers say.