page_title: Australia–Indonesia relations
section_title: Recent relations
hierarchical_section_title: Australia–Indonesia relations / History / Recent relations
caption_attribution_description: Bahasa Indonesia: SBY dan Kevin Rudd memberikan keterangan pers bersama seusai Pertemuan Tahunan ketiga Indonesia-Australia di Istana Bogor, 5 Juli 2013.
context_page_description: Australia–Indonesia relations refers to the foreign relations between Australia and one of its few neighboring countries, Indonesia. Contact between Australian and Indonesians began as early as the 17th century, through Makassan interactions with Indigenous Australians on Australia's northern coasts. Formal diplomatic relations between the two modern countries began with Australia's recognition of Indonesia in 1949. The relationship has been characterised by growing mutual trade of A$17.8 billion in 2018-19, an increase of 6.9% over the previous year, in addition to close links in government, education, and defence under the Lombok Treaty. Both nations are members of the G20, ASEAN Regional Forum, and the Australia-New Zealand-ASEAN Free Trade Agreement, and the Indonesia–Australia Comprehensive Economic Partnership Agreement is due to come into effect in 2020. Indonesia received A$331.3 million in Australian development aid in 2018-19.
context_section_description: 2010
  President Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono visited Australia in April 2010, and became the second Indonesian leader to address federal parliament:
  Finally, I look forward to a day in the near future. The day when policy makers, academicians, journalists and other opinion leaders all over the world take a good look at the things we are doing so well together. And they will say: these two used to be worlds apart. But they now have a fair dinkum of a partnership. Why can’t we all do likewise?
  During the same visit, President Yudhoyono was appointed an Honorary Companion of the Order of Australia, the country's highest civilian honour, for strengthening the bilateral relationship, and promoting democracy and development.
  2011
  A Four Corners documentary on animal cruelty in Indonesian abattoirs broadcast in May 2011 highlighted significant issues regarding the treatment and welfare of Australian live export cattle in Indonesia. The public response to the documentary led Australia to ban live cattle exports to Indonesia in June 2011. The decision attracted significant criticism from the federal opposition, and Indonesia threatened to take the dispute to the World Trade Organization. Following the establishment of a new "supply chain assurance regulatory model", exports resumed in July 2011.
  2013
  In November 2013, documents leaked to The Guardian and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation reported that in 2009, the Australian Signals Directorate attempted to monitor the mobile phone calls of Indonesian president Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, his wife Ani Yudhoyono, and senior officials including foreign affairs spokesman Dino Patti Djalal and trade minister Hatta Rajasa. The allegations followed earlier reports by Der Spiegel and Fairfax Media in October 2013, which suggested that Australian embassies and diplomatic posts in Asia were being used to intercept phone calls and data, including during the 2007 United Nations Climate Change Conference. In 2004, Indonesia bugged Australia's embassy in Jakarta during the East Timor crisis and had tried to recruit Australians as spies retiring Indonesian intelligence chief General Abdullah Mahmud Hendropriyono admitted.
  The allegations prompted Indonesia to immediately recall its ambassador to Australia, Nadjib Riphat Kesoema. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott initially declined to apologise or comment on the matter, prompting accusations from President Yudhoyono that he had "belittled" Indonesia's response to the issue. Speaking to Parliament, Abbott argued that Australia "should not be expected to apologise for...reasonable intelligence-gathering activities". Indonesia immediately responded by reviewing all areas of bilateral cooperation, including on issues around people smuggling, a major component of the Abbott Government's Operation Sovereign Borders policy.
caption: Yudhoyono and Kevin Rudd during Rudd's visit to Bogor, 5 July 2013.
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