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“Fantastic as fiction”: Penny Wong on her rise to Australia’s top diplomat as an immigrant

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“Fantastic as fiction”: Penny Wong on her rise to Australia’s top diplomat as an immigrant

“There is no doubt that an Asian-Australian foreign minister sends a clear message to the region about modern Australia,” said Wong, who was born in Sabah in 1968. Wong’s mother is a native Australian and her father is originally from Malaysia. Penny Wong on a panel with former Australian Foreign Minister Gareth Evans, also a […]

Indonesia’s half-finished dream capital Nusantara stumbles towards a partial opening

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Indonesia’s half-finished dream capital Nusantara stumbles towards a partial opening

Widodo has rejected criticism that the event is a waste of money, calling the cost of a celebration spread across two cities more than 1,200 km apart “normal”. Vice President Maruf Amin and his successor Gibran Rakabuming Raka – Widodo’s son – will preside over an Independence Day ceremony in Jakarta attended by foreign diplomats, […]