5. Bridging Young Australians and Indonesians with Angus Baranikow and Australia-Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) Victoria
32 Menit
2 April 2024
The Australia-Indonesia Youth Association (AIYA) is a non-profit, youth-run organisation that bridges young Indonesians and Australians together with active chapters in every Australian state and territory, as well as Jakarta, Jawa Barat, Yogyakarta, South Sulawesi and East Nusa Tenggara.
AIYA Victoria President Angus Baranikow joins Billy Adison Aditijanto on The Perantau Podcast to share his thoughts on the Australian-Indonesian relationship in Victoria, aspirations for the future, and why he’s dedicated so much time to learning Bahasa Indonesia and Indonesia more broadly.
This episode is delivered predominantly in English. Transcript available here.
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Chapters:
(00:00) Introduction
(01:15) What’s AIYA? What do they do?
(02:10) How does AIYA Victoria navigate the Indonesian-Australian youth space?
(06:11) A career stepping point
(09:45) The team’s biggest obstacle
(11:45) Pros and cons of a diverse team
(14:00) Angus’ love for Indonesia
(20:09) Angus answers in Bahasa Indonesia on why he’s stayed at AIYA
(25:36) Aspirations for the future
(28:41) Final thoughts
(32:06) Outro