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1. Australia has used diplomatic power to advance its interests in the area of
immigration and refugee policy. A series of Memorandums of Understanding
Australia signed with the governments of Nauru and PNG in both 2012 and
2013 have allowed Australia to involve these two nations in its offshore
processing and resettlement programs which are aimed at deterring peoplesmugglers and Illegal boat arrivals. Of course this has had other
consequences on Australias standing in the region with regards to alleged
human rights violations.
2. As a dialogue partner with ASEAN, Australia was involved in many of the
discussions and agreements on climate change involving ASEAN member
countries such as those leading to the the ASEAN Declaration on
Environmental Sustainability, and the Singapore Declaration on Climate
Change, Energy and the Environment in 2007. Other initiatives include
Australians $200 million International Forest Carbon Initiative (IFCI) which
supported deforestation reduction efforts initiated through the United Nations
Framework Convention on Climate Change.
see Australian Government report on ASEAN published by the
Parliamentary Library Chapter 9.
million in aid between 2011 and 2016 to expand educational opportunities for
Indonesian children and raise the overall quality of education throughout the
country. This supports the Governments stated national interest to use aid to
promote economic development (trade not aid) by building human capacity
and resources which will contribute to a more skilled Indonesian workforce.