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26 August 2025

Join Us for the ‘Gig on the Green’ Surabaya: Unforgettable Fun Awaits!

Hello, Australian alumni in Surabaya and the nearby areas! Prepare for a night of excitement at the Gig on the Green in Surab... Read more

Stories

16 May 2019

Nilamsari Sahadewa supporting women's financial empowerment one kebab outlet at a time

Winner of the 2019 Promoting Women’s Empowerment Award Nilamsari Sahadewa, an alumna of Australia Awards Scholarship, ha... Read more

16 May 2019

Rorian Pratyaksa leading the next wave of Indonesia’s technological disruption

Winner of the 2019 Outstanding Young Alumni In the era of disruptive technology, the future belongs to those who dare to innov... Read more

09 May 2019

Palm sugar: instilling pride in farmers on the quality of their product

Thanks to a program spearheaded by Australian alumnus Jufrizal, around 30 farmers are learning how to produce raw palm sugar that... Read more

01 April 2019

Banding together to eradicate malaria in Papua and West Papua

A group of Australia Awards Scholarships – Short Term Awards alumni from across Papua and West Papua, and part of the 2016 t... Read more

01 April 2019

POKENTIK: a mobile app to monitor public participation in eradicating dengue

As part of the digital health movement across Indonesia, Idan Awaludin, from the Technical Centre for Environmental Health and Dis... Read more

13 March 2019

Financial logbooks create a path to financial literacy for fishermen in Ambon

For the first time in their lives, small-scale fishermen in four villages across Ambon are realising the benefit of keeping a fina... Read more

13 March 2019

Bringing Indonesian artisans to the international stage through fashion

Fashion enthusiasts planning to attend the upcoming Fashion Nation event in Jakarta will be in for a treat. On 22 March 2019, resp... Read more

04 March 2019

A doctor and programmer: eradicating tuberculosis through the help of an app

Kinik Darsono, a medical doctor and Head of the Information Technology and Medical Record Division at Soehadi Prijonegoro Hospital... Read more

17 February 2019

Tapping into consumers’ spending habits through receipts

Where others simply see paper trash, the founders of an innovative mobile application saw a gold mine of valuable consumer data.... Read more

22 January 2019

Inclusive villages embrace people with disabilities in Sukoharjo

In one Central Java regency, people with disabilities are playing a more prominent role in community life and are enjoying the ben... Read more

10 January 2019

Lombok farmers optimistic about eco-friendly shrimp farms

In a first for West Nusa Tenggara, ten farmers in Muara Selayar, Pijot Village, Keruak District, East Lombok Regency, are learning... Read more

21 December 2018

A Poisonous Tree Becomes a Source for Biofuel

Around 30 farmers in North Maluku are learning how to extract biofuel from the poisonous Calophyllum inophyllum tree, a technique... Read more

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