Anthony Albanese says Australia’s financial relationship with Indonesia has “struggled to maintain tempo” with the nation’s “extraordinary financial rise” however the brand new authorities in Canberra will dig in behind rising alternatives, together with partnerships in clear power.
Earlier than travelling on Tuesday to Makassar, on the southern tip of Sulawesi – a area the Indonesian president needs to develop – Australia’s prime minister instructed enterprise leaders in Jakarta that Indonesia was “central to our commerce diversification technique”.
Albanese mentioned his authorities would do what it may to make sure Australian companies have been capable of make use of alternatives related to the reorientation of Indonesia’s financial system in direction of manufacturing and providers, and companies have been “raring to go”.
The prime minister mentioned the brand new Labor authorities was decided to take extra bold motion on local weather change and develop a partnership with Indonesia to drive the clear power transition.
“By working collectively we will scale back world emissions, construct resilience to the impacts of local weather change, unlock inexperienced commerce and funding alternatives and strengthen clear power provide chains,” Albanese mentioned on Monday night time.
“That could be a massive agenda. You are able to do it when you've got power and goal and a dedication to not waste a single day in authorities and that's my goal”.
Albanese has been accompanied on the journey by a high-powered enterprise delegation, together with senior executives from Fortescue, BlueScope, Solar Cable, Telstra, Thales Australia and Wesfarmers.
The dinner with enterprise leaders in Jakarta wrapped up the prime minister’s busy program in Jakarta. Earlier within the day Albanese had his first official assembly with President Joko Widodo at Bogor Palace. Their encounter included a motorbike journey across the grounds.
Albanese was afforded a ceremonial welcome and the 2 leaders mentioned the battle in Ukraine, regional cooperation and rising strategic competitors within the area – which means China’s more and more assertive posture within the Indo-Pacific, which is the backdrop to the Labor authorities’s accelerated diplomatic outreach throughout the area.
In Makassar Albanese will go to a college, native companies and name on international dignitaries.
The prime minister has made some extent of travelling to a area exterior the Indonesian capital, saying the nation was about greater than the bustling metropolis of Jakarta or the vacationer mecca of Bali.
On Monday he mentioned Australians understood Indonesia was a various nation that was about “far more than Jakarta”.
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