PM Anthony Albanese will say ‘apa kabar’ to Indonesia today after flying into Jakarta last night with a delegation, including Foreign Minister Penny Wong and Trade Minister Don Farrell. And on the agenda for talks with President Joko Widodo: climate change, trade, and making it easier to travel between our 2 countries. During the election campaign, Albanese flagged the visit saying “We need to strengthen that economic partnership and one way I can do that is by strengthening people-to-people relations as well.” Indonesia’s population is 270 million, and it’s the world’s 3rd-largest democracy – but the country is Australia’s 14th largest trading partner. So as our industrial arts teacher said, there’s room for improvement… And we need more big friends in the region after a recent “unsafe” encounter between an Aussie surveillance plane and a Chinese fighter jet shows that the relationship remains shaky.