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Indonesia, with a huge population and a far-flung archipelago of 17,000 islands across the southern flank of Southeast Asia, is strategically crucial in the intensifying offensive by the Biden administration against Beijing.
The PM was explicit about his desire to improve trade with Indonesia, though no one wants to say out loud why there’s such an emphasis on diversification.
Anthony Albanese is making the now customary trip to Indonesia by a new Australian prime minister, but growing security risks give extra urgency to the aim of improved ties.
Labor’s new frontbench is light on upper house representation, sending the Senate’s top Liberal Simon Birmingham reaching for the history books.
Anthony Albanese wants better relations with Jakarta and South-East Asia, as China was accused of escalating military tensions in the South China Sea by buzzing an RAAF surveillance plane.