*This interview first appeared on the Australia Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) website on 10 May 2019 Welcome to the Career Champion Series! This series is dedicated to the contributions of those who provide inspiration and enhance understanding between Australians and Indonesians. Celebrating the work and dedication they have put in, we featured their profile at AIYA Blog. This week weContinue reading “Australia Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA): Career Champion”
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Don’t rely on luck: making the most of the FTA with Indonesia
This article was first published at The Interpreter, 18 April 2019. The Australia Indonesia free trade agreement presents an opportunity to strengthen relations between the two countries, but is Australia ready? Talks about a free trade agreement with Indonesia have been long standing, and the Indonesia-Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement was finally signed in March. This will openContinue reading “Don’t rely on luck: making the most of the FTA with Indonesia”
Constitutional Workshops in Myanmar
The past week I have been involved with a range of workshops for International IDEA in Myanmar. This included with the Supreme Court, Constitutional Tribunal, members of parliament and ethnic political parties. The workshop with the Constitutional Tribunal focused on the ‘The Process of Constitution Building: Constitutional Design and Constitutional Interpretation in a Federal System’. CoverageContinue reading “Constitutional Workshops in Myanmar”
AMCDP tribute to U Ko Ni
Media release by the Australia Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project The assassination of U Ko Ni, at Yangon airport on 29 January, is devastating, tragic, news. His death will distress all who knew him and all who knew the service he gave his country. U Ko Ni was a distinguished lawyer, a legal adviser to Aung SanContinue reading “AMCDP tribute to U Ko Ni”
Myanmar under the NLD
Wednesday 30 March, 12.30-2pmBrindabella Theatre, JG Crawford Building (132), Lennox Crossing, ANU Overview On 31 March 2016, a democratically elected government will take power in Myanmar for the first time in over half a century. But even as Aung San Suu Kyi’s National League for Democracy assumes the presidency and takes most Cabinet positions, theContinue reading “Myanmar under the NLD”
Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar Misunderstood by the West
The debate on asylum seekers from Myanmar in Australia is ill-informed and skewed. The Australian government and international community must realise that refugee status is first of all not about ethnicity or identity, but about a well-founded fear of persecution.Reports that a man who has been moved by Australia to Cambodia may have been misidentified as Rohingya missesContinue reading “Persecution of Muslims in Myanmar Misunderstood by the West”
Australia Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Workshops
Myanmar is currently at a pivotal moment in its political and legal history. The Australia-Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Project (AMCDP), a consortium of law schools devoted to generating understanding and support for constitutional democracy in Myanmar, have just returned from a series of two workshops. The workshops commenced in Mandalay for two days from 13-14 July, followed by aContinue reading “Australia Myanmar Constitutional Democracy Workshops”
Aung San Suu Kyi and my neighbours
In late November 2013, Daw Aung San Suu Kyi made her first visit to Australia, much to the delight of the Burmese community in Australia. For many of my Burmese friends there, this is a reunion that has been long awaited. One of my former neighbours, Ko Aibar, was recently interviewed by the ABC aboutContinue reading “Aung San Suu Kyi and my neighbours”
Myanmar’s Constitutional Transition is the Military’s Call
Myanmar’s democracy icon and member of parliament Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is currently visiting Australia. This historic trip is just one reflection of the broader political and legal changes currently taking place in Myanmar.Since 2011 – under the framework of the 2008 Constitution – Myanmar has begun a transition to a quasi-civilian government. One result ofContinue reading “Myanmar’s Constitutional Transition is the Military’s Call”
‘Need to know Indonesia’
On the ABC Encounter program this week Margaret Coffey presents a discussion on ‘need-to-know’ Indonesia, with a particular emphasis on the realities of Islam in Indonesia. This is in response to the recent report on ‘Australian Attitudes towards Indonesia’. The program aired on 12 Oct 5pm (Melb time), see here for more details. It also aired on 15Continue reading “‘Need to know Indonesia’”
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