AIYA Links: 26 August

In the news

• Death and taxes: cigarette producers spooked by rumours of big hikes in the price of cigarettes.
• Arianto Patunru looks at how new Finance Minister Sri Mulyani can raise Indonesia’s tax take through other means.
• “In Indonesia three things are considered political suicide: being Communist, being Chinese and being gay. Dede [Oetomo] is at least two and a half of them.”
• Researcher Jacqui Baker chats with Talking Indonesia about the prevalence of corruption with the Indonesian police force.

At the AIYA Blog

• We’ve got a Q&A with the Australian Embassy’s Alison Purnell, who’s supporting the ModCon cross-border digital art conference.
• Pengalaman AIYEP yang merupakan ‘program sick’: a note on AIYEP nostalgia by Renza Tahalele.

Events & opportunity

• TONIGHT, Darwin: catch the final screening of Ada Apa Dengan Cinta 2‘s Australian tour.
• Sydney, 6 September: come see the Jogja Hip Hop Foundation deliver a show-stopping performance of contemporary music and traditional dance.