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16 June 2025

A Night to Remember: Gig on the Green Debuts in Kupang

The Australian Consulate-General in Bali proudly hosted the first-ever Gig on the Green in Kupang on 14 June, bringing together ar... Read more

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20 September 2020

Pandemic and Pregnancy: Our Story as A New Family

Written by Dwi Astuti Dharma Putri, an Australia Awards scholar. “Tunggu kita di Melbourne ya!” That was the mes... Read more

08 July 2020

Australia Awards alumna leads a data surveillance team in the fight against COVID-19 pandemic

Accurate and up-to-date data has rarely been more important than during the COVID-19 pandemic, when health policies must adjust qu... Read more

03 July 2020

E-MAGIC: Designing safer dental practice during the COVID-19 pandemic

The field of dentistry is particularly risky for COVID-19 transmission, as patients cannot wear masks during treatment, increasing... Read more

01 July 2020

'RAISA': Robot Nurse Assists Medical Workers to Treat Covid-19 Patients Remotely

The new Coronavirus pandemic has caused an unprecedented global shortage of personal protective equipment (PPE). In the first week... Read more

21 April 2020

Stickers helping to solve the tuberculosis puzzle in Papua and West Papua

In Papua and West Papua, a puzzle card is helping tuberculosis patients remember to take their medication, a habit that plays a ve... Read more

20 April 2020

Pesantren Hijau, Building Environmentally-Friendly Practices One School at a Time

Hijroatul Maghfiroh, the founder of Pesantren Hijau, or Green Islamic Boarding School program, measures its success not by big and... Read more

12 March 2020

A women leader keeping start-ups healthy with sustainable growth

Tantia Dian Permata Indah, Vice President of Operations at Alodokter (www.alodokter.com), is helping shape the health start-up sec... Read more

18 February 2020

Batik wearing dolls: a symbol of hope for female inmates

For women incarcerated in Jakarta, Batam and Bali, a dollmaking project has provided tools to deal with stress and trauma, and boo... Read more

07 February 2020

Raising awareness based on facts: the fight against coronavirus hoaxes

Dr Sidrotun Naim has spent the past weeks on Indonesian social media, correcting misinformation and dispelling myths about the nov... Read more

22 January 2020

Solving Problems through New Start-up Ideas

For Endra Marsudi, an alumnus of the Short Term Award Start-up Ecosystems in 2019, Indonesia’s large population and com... Read more

13 January 2020

Empowering teachers to transform education in West Nusa Tenggara

Promoting engagement with mathematics and learning opportunities for disadvantaged communities in West Nusa Tenggara province in I... Read more

12 December 2019

Australian rules football: a gateway to diversity and gender equality

Every two weeks, one can find a unique scene in a field in Salatiga, Central Java. More than 200 girls in hijabs can be seen la... Read more

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