Australia-Indonesia FTA to go boldly where no agreement has gone before

By Jewel Topsfield
Updated August 5 2016 - 3:23pm, first published 2:24pm
Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo (right) meets with former former Indonesian trade minister Thomas Lembong (left) and new Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita (centre). Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Australian Trade Minister Steve Ciobo (right) meets with former former Indonesian trade minister Thomas Lembong (left) and new Indonesian Trade Minister Enggartiasto Lukita (centre). Photo: Jewel Topsfield
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesian President Joko Widodo move to take off their ties during a visit to a Jakarta market. Standing between them in the blue shirt is Thomas Lembong. Photo: Pool via AP
Australian Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Indonesian President Joko Widodo move to take off their ties during a visit to a Jakarta market. Standing between them in the blue shirt is Thomas Lembong. Photo: Pool via AP
Wilson Hasan from PT Tanjung Unggul Mandiri at the feedlot in Tangerang. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Wilson Hasan from PT Tanjung Unggul Mandiri at the feedlot in Tangerang. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Australian cattle at a feedlot run by the firm PT Tanjung Unggul Mandiri in Tangerang, 25 kilometres west of Jakarta. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah
Australian cattle at a feedlot run by the firm PT Tanjung Unggul Mandiri in Tangerang, 25 kilometres west of Jakarta. Photo: Irwin Fedriansyah

Jakarta: Trade Minister Steven Ciobo must have exhaled at a press conference on Tuesday morning when he heard his Indonesian counterpart utter the golden words: "There is no change with the schedule."

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