Obituary: Romo Benny, Indonesia’s meddlesome priest, dies at 55
Obituary, Religion“Religion is being used as an instrument of power in Indonesia, manipulated by the State and big business. Politicians are continuing to use religion for their own ends and consequently risking harmony.” The words are those of Antonius Benny Susetyo, best known as Romo (Father) Benny and probably the most recognisable Catholic priest in Muslim-majority Indonesia.
Friedman in Indonesia: Boaz offers new approach
Aid & Development, UncategorizedThere are 25 million poor in Indonesia living on AUD 3 a day or less. Should outsiders help and if so, how?
Indonesia’s white elephant in the jungle will be reared on foreign capital – or will it?
Economy, Uncategorized, Urban planningJoko ‘Jokowi’ Widodo is scheduled to visit Australia next month, his fifth and likely last trip south as Indonesian President. He wants foreign investors to back a project that he hopes will define his legacy - shifting Indonesia’s overcrowded, over-polluted and over-stressed capital from Java 1,300 km north to Kalimantan.