Freedom of Information documents obtained by the ABC show Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) officials sought to ...

Australian aid to Indonesia, both in the form of loans and grants, is not independent of its political and economic interests.

While Indonesia has legislated to decrease the influence of foreign aid donors on its development policies, its infrastructure development depends increasingly on one donor — China.

Indonesia is setting up an aid program worth about $60 million per year to help Pacific island neighbours, even though it still receives hundreds of millions of aid funding itself.

Australia has cut aid to Indonesia by 40%. That may cause diplomatic displeasure, but the country has restructured its development programs in recent years to be less dependent on foreign money.

The country is continuing to receive international assistance during its worst COVID-19 surge yet. The latest batch of aid, 1,000 ventilators from Australia, arrived late on Friday.

INDONESIA has hit back at reports Australia will greatly wind back its foreign aid program in next week’s budget, saying it doesn’t need our money and is not asking.

Australia will dip into its domestic vaccine stockpile and rush medical supplies to Indonesia as the country grapples with a devastating surge in COVID-19 cases.

Australian officials are privately critical of Chinese foreign aid delivered by migrant workers in the Pacific, with Mr Conroy saying this funding would avoid the practice.

Australia has announced a donation of COVID-19 vaccines and pandemic-related support to Indonesia, as the government struggles to contain an outbreak of the coronavirus that is pushing the country ...

In recent years, the government has favoured bilateral over multilateral modes of aid delivery as part of efforts to compete with China for strategic influence. But Australia’s strategic interests won ...