It's all part of our Federal Governments attempts to be considered as part of the Asian region. Unfortunately, it only seems to work when our Asian neighbours need our help eg the Indonesian Tsunami in Aceh, and the SE Asian Financial Crisis, and, of course, the current search for the missing plane. But when it comes to stopping the horde of illegals passing through Indonesia to the welfare welcoming shores of Australia, we are on our own.
The only exception was the considerable help by the Indonesians in tracking down the Islamist criminals, who were responsible for the outrage that was the Bali Bombing, that lead to the murder of so many Aussies. But, of course, there was a degree of self interest in providing this assistance.
