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Close, But Not Close Enough

Tuesday, 3 July 2012 - 12:21am
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"The Australia-Indonesia summit in Darwin today will celebrate a strong relationship between two very dissimilar neighbours that has survived challenges that easily might have turned the two into opportunistic enemies … Australian political leaders of both parties, however, have failed to capitalise on this exceptional period of co-operation by finalising the agreements, laws and pacts that would have institutionalised the close relationship."