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THE INDONESIAN Ministry of Creative Economy received an honorary visit from the Australian Minister of Arts Anthony Stephen Burke at the Autograph Tower, Jakarta, Wednesday (28/1/2026). This second meeting is a continuation of efforts to strengthen the synergy of the Indonesia-Australia creative industry.
Apart from serving as Minister for Arts, Tony Burke also serves as Minister for Home Affairs, Minister for Cyber Security, and Minister for Immigration and Australian Citizenship.
During the meeting, the Minister of Creative Economy, Teuku Riefky Harsya, appreciated the success of the collaboration between the two countries throughout 2025, including the commemoration of the decade of the Australia–Indonesia Cinema Festival (FSAI), the business matching agenda in Sydney through the S’RASA (Indonesian Taste of Spices) program, as well as the cooperation agreement with Canva Inc. to support the empowerment of Indonesian creative actors.
“Indonesia-Australia creative economic cooperation continues to develop from year to year. We hope that 2026 can be an important phase to expand collaboration across sub-sectors and strengthen the strategic partnership between the two countries,” said Teuku Riefky Harsya.
The Minister of Creative Economy emphasized that this collaboration is in line with the Indonesian Government’s efforts to make the creative economy the new engine of growth that is globally competitive and based on innovation.
“We direct this collaboration so that Indonesian creative economy actors can move up in class, connect with global markets and talent, and play a more active role in the international value chain,” he added.
The two ministers also discussed a number of strategic plans for the future, including preparation of the Australia Awards Indonesia short course program in the animation subsector, holding the 11th Australia–Indonesia Cinema Festival (FSAI), as well as Australia’s participation in the 2026 World Conference on Creative Economy (WCCE), where the Minister of Creative Economy specifically invited Minister Tony Burke to attend in Jakarta.
Meanwhile, Minister Tony Burke welcomed the strengthening of this cooperation and assessed that the creative economy collaboration between Indonesia and Australia opened up great opportunities for both countries.
“If we continue to share optimistic progress in our cooperation, this will be a very exciting time for our two countries,” concluded Tony Burke. [traveltext.id]
