📅 11 August, 3.30pm. Join , and other experts from the Philippines as they examine the administration of Ferdinand ‘Bongbong’ Marcos Jr., with a focus on issues and dynamics that can be expected to define his presidency.
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Ross Tapsell
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Researches Southeast Asian media, culture and politics at the Australian National University.
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“Election disinformation monitoring by Jonathan Ong, and identified the pervasiveness of the same narratives as early as the 2019 midterm elections when Marcos Jr’s sister, Imee Marcos ran and won as senator.”
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Now-President Marcos Jr has just delivered his State of the Nation address in the Philippines. A great time to read this brilliant piece by @fatimagaw electionwatch.unimelb.edu.au/articles/manuf
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Welcoming back to 🇲🇾 ANU’s Prof Greg Fealy AM, Dr Ross Tapsell Director of ANU Malaysia Institute, & Dr Ying Xin Show, with old friends & Australia Malaysia Maritime Research Fellows. 🇦🇺🇲🇾 education ties 🤝
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It’s been a while. Today I brought to Salai Salai Kampung Baru. Good food, good weather. Always enjoyed the knowledge-sharing.
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Call for Papers - ANU Indonesia Institute Postgraduate Student Conference
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2.5 years and 2 changes of government later, it’s good to be back in Malaysia
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I have often wondered to what extent social media discourse at election times (buzzers, cebong & kampret etc) makes Indonesians perceive that political polarisation is greater than it really is. newmandala.org/the-polarisati
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46% of Indonesian respondents who use the Internet saw the country as highly or quite polarised, compared to only 24% of respondents who have no Internet access. New piece by @BurhanMuhtadi and team. newmandala.org/counter-polari
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46% of Indonesian respondents who use the Internet saw the country as highly or quite polarised, compared to only 24% of respondents who have no Internet access. New piece by and team.
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Penny Wong winning hearts in Malaysia
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The Marcos family returns to power in the Philippines today.
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Scenes near the National Museum, where Ferdinand Marcos Jr will take his oath as the 17th President of the Republic of the Philippines
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"People-to-people relation is one of the areas that can be further developed considering the fact Malaysian students studying in Australia represent a significant number"
If I had $1 for every time I heard that statement...
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Malaysian foreign minister says concerns remain about Aukus pact after meeting with Penny Wong
Maria Ressa: News organization Rappler ordered to shut down by Philippines government. "We are entitled to appeal this decision and will do so, especially since the proceedings were highly irregular."
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Foreign Minister Penny Wong visiting Vietnam and Malaysia next week. When in Malaysia she’ll visit Kota Kinabalu, where she grew up
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On later today via Zoom. All welcome
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As Marcos Jr takes power, his government will be blessed/haunted by the legacies of the Duterte administration. Catch me, @BjoernDressel, & @RossTapsell talk about the dynamics of the transition in this online forum tom 23 June by @ANUBellSchool & @dfat. eventbrite.com.au/e/from-duterte
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I walk past this place every day on my way home to the lentil belt, never once thought to 'ave a gander. What a mug!
Nice story on a small piece of by
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Seems a correlation btwn govt popularity and 'trust' in m’stream media. E.g. independent media Rappler+ABS-CBN distrusted as Duterte/BBM popular in PH. Pro-govt TV3+Utusan not trusted as Malaysian govt unpopular. How much can we 'trust' the 'trust' figures then? 🙂
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In TV news, there is little correlation between trust and most watched. E.g TVOne + Metro (Indonesia) and TV3 (Malaysia) by far the most watched yet low scores in trust. Lack of decent alternative? TV as ‘background noise’ but not taken seriously?
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Print media plummeting in the last 5 yrs even more than expected. 45% to 17% in Malaysia, 53% to 23% in Singapore. Biggest leap is TikTok (now 15% in PH), + used by 45% of 18-24 yr-olds in Indonesia.
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A couple of interesting findings on Southeast Asia from scanning the recently published Reuters Institute Digital News Report 1/4 reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/
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Join , , and other distinguished panellists as they examine the transition from the Duterte administration to the incoming presidency of Marcos Jr.
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Ha quite the comparison. And if Australians thought that Indonesian public diplomacy video was impressively dramatic, wait til they watch a sinetron
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It's been a strong start on the world stage for the new Prime Minister - but we think there is some room for diplomatic improvement.
Compare the video Australia prepared to welcome Jacinda Ardern to Australia, with the Indonesian President Joko Widodo's efforts #Insiders
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It was great to see discuss the decline of Australia's Pacific coverage this week.
Now do Southeast Asia 🙂
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Debate over 'brain drain' as Malaysia cheers election of Penny Wong, Sam Lim in Australia, by
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It was terrific. And hopefully the 'rebuild' includes the actual-death (and decaying) experience of many Indonesian language programs around the country.
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ACICIS was delighted to be mentioned from the podium by the Australian Prime Minster, Anthony Albanese @AlboMP, yesterday. It is extremely validating – particularly after the organisational near-death experience of the pandemic.
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It was an honour to speak at and meet all the incredible students here. Education and the exchange of ideas helps keep the ties between our nations strong.
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It's great Albanese is in Indonesia, but Australia needs to do a lot more to reset relations. Here are 5 ways to start theconversation.com/its-great-alba via
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For those interested in watching PM Albanese in Jakarta with President Jokowi, there's a livestream here
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A nice write up of recent coverage in Indonesian media of Australia’s new govt. In short: positive and encouraging, if minimal overall.
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Lots of Penny Wong and Sam Lim stories in the Malaysian media this week. Here's a nice interview with Penny Wong's brother in Kota Kinabalu
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short report in Bernama saying Albanese vows to unite Australians
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Kompas in Indonesia says election shows climate change is no longer considered an issue for elites and hippies, but is now an priority for business & the 'wong cilik' ('little people'?/underprivileged classes)
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Most of the English language papers in Southeast Asia have printed with AFP story "PM-elect vows to repair Australia's image overseas"
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Nice line in editorial today: "Albanese was elected..to strengthen Canberra’s commitment to tackling climate change. We hope with Australia’s change in policy and attitude, the same wind will blow north to encourage Indonesia to follow suit."
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Nice to see some coverage in the Malaysian media today of Penny Wong & Sam Lim
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‘Could universities consider making language courses mandatory for degrees such as international business and international relations? ..By 2020, one in three of the Indonesian language programs running in Australian universities in 1992 had disappeared.’
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'Social media will also be a challenging field for dissent, for opposition voices have been constantly harassed on various platforms by an army of trolls.' on a Marcos return to power in the Philippines
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Here's Albanese's full response when asked how he will boost ties between Australia and Indonesia. He says Indonesia will become a "giant" and relationship would be a key priority. Reiterates he would look to travel there ASAP after the Quad leaders meeting if he wins power 1/
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