A night of Indonesian stand-up comedy will be held at the Sydney Conservatorium of Music on Friday 11 October 2013.

Julius Firdaus, semi-finalist on Indonesia Mencari Bakat has now made an appearance on Australia's Got Talent and surprised the judges with his entry.

Man-Eating Tigers of Sumatra, will be shown at 7.30pm, Wednesday 2 October, 2013 on SBS ONE.

A student's perspective on living and studying in Indonesia. 

If you are in Sydney on 28 September, why not drop into the Festival Indonesia at Tumbalong Park, Darling Harbour? For more information go to www.festivalindonesiasydney.com.au 

One our our NSW Indonesian teaching colleagues, Alan Blake, has been nominated for the NGS Super People's Choice Award and is in the running to win a $5000 professional development scholarship. Click on the link below for more details and vote for Alan if you want to help him with his Indonesian language project!

A reminder that the next National Conference for teachers of Indonesian will be hosted by the IALF Bali , 29-30 September 2014. This is the tenth national conference for Australian teachers of Indonesian organised through the Australian Society for Indonesian Language Educators (ASILE) following on from conferences in Salatiga in 2012, Canberra in 2010, Sydney 2009 and the Sunshine Coast in 2007. 

It will be a fantastic opportunity to immerse yourself in Indonesian language and culture as well share some of the innovative and engaging strategies that are being used in Indonesian language classrooms, strengthen your professional networks, deepen your knowledge of contemporary Indonesia and contribute to the growth of the Indonesian teaching profession in Australia! And you could always add a tropical school holiday break to your itinerary.

For more information and updates go to http://www.ialf.edu/asileconference.html Don’t forget to
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