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Australia and Indonesia to sign free trade deal

Australia is to sign today a free-trade deal with Indonesia.

Cattle awaits auctioning at the cattle yards in Dalby.

The live cattle industry is one sector to benefit under a new free trade deal with Indonesia. (AAP) Source: AAP

The long-awaited deal between Australia and Indonesia due to be signed in Jakarta on Monday by Senator Birmingham and his Indonesian counterpart Enggartiasto Lukita will open markets for agriculture and education.

The trade deal was meant to be signed last year, with negotiations concluding in August.

But the signing was delayed when Prime Minister Scott Morrison announced the government was considering moving Australia's Israeli embassy to Jerusalem.

The free-trade deal is Indonesia's first major agreement of its type and will allow Australian-owned universities to operate in the country.


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By Saleem Al-Fahad



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