Monday, February 3, 2014

Issues this Week: Asian Au-Pairs beneficial to Australia and Indonesia; Trade Agreements Affected by Domestic Reforms?; Corruption Turning off Voters

Hello all, please see this week's new articles and tolong komentar, let us know what you think of these issues:

"Anti-Corruption Major Electoral Consideration for Voters," by Lauren Gumbs, February 2014. Latest poll shows civic society taking hold as voters keen to avoid parties embroiled in corruption cases, but many still object to a church in their neighbourhood.

"New Trade Law Expected to Boost Domestic Production," by Tito Summa Siahan, January 2014. Government seeks to localise consumption and production.

"Asian Au-Pair a Solution to Childcare Pressures, Workplace Skills Shortages" by Ross B. Taylor, February 2014. Beginning dialogue on a scheme well worth pursuing despite obvious drawbacks and vulnerabilities.

Links to other reading:

Domestic workers have more freedom to be gay in Hong Kong than Indonesia or the Philippines, but they could be free and additionally not treated like slaves in Australia!

Not all Indonesians abroad are victims, let's acknowledge the success stories of many in the diaspora.

Indonesian media putting pressure on PDI-P to name their Capres (calon President).

These are the lifeboats the government is using to send asylum seekers back through Indonesian waters. Actually they're pretty fancy compared to the wooden death traps they start in.

The above is a bad plan says Deakin's Damien Kingsbury.



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