The Changing Perception of the Australian Government toward Indonesia: Comparative Analysis between Australian Labor Party under Kevin Rudd and the Coalition Liberal Party under Tony Abbott Government

ASITA DEWI P, Drs. Dafri Agussalim, MA.

2015 | Skripsi | S1 ILMU HUBUNGAN INTERNASIONAL

Pergantian persepsi dari pemerintah Australia terhadap Indonesia nampak di dalam pemerintahan Kevin Rudd dan Tony abbott. Pergantian persepsi ini terjadi sebagaimana faktor eksternal dan internal mempengaruhi persepsi pemerintahan Australia tersebut. Faktor, seperti kedekatan geografis, ekonomi, dan sosial-budaya adalah faktor internal utama yang mempengaruhi perbedaan persepsi di setiap pemerintah Australia setiap periode-nya. Faktor eksternal, antara lain perubahan tingkah-laku dari pemerintah Indonesia, bisa menjadi faktor lain yang mempengaruhi persepsi pemerintah Australia terhadap Indonesia. Perubahan persepsi atau mempunyai persepsi secara berbeda, oleh masing-masing pemerintah Australia, baik dalam pemerintahan Kevin Rudd dan Tony Abbott, dapat menyebabkan dinamika hubungan antara Australia dan Indonesia. Tetapi, akibat dari persepsi setiap pemerintah terhadap pengeluaran kebijakan di dalam aspek ekonomi, keamanan politik, dan sosial-budaya, masih tercermin dari tingkat kepentingan nasional Australia.

The changing perception of Australian government toward Indonesia was existed inside Kevin Rudd and Tony Abbott�s leadership. The shift of perception was occurred by how the external factors or internal factors influenced the perception of Australian government. The factor such as, geographic proximity, economy, and socio-cultural can be the main influence by how each Australian government possessed the different perception toward Indonesia, along the period of leadership. Another external factor, such as the changing behavior of Indonesian government can also influential in changing the perception of Australian government on Indonesia. This changing perception or possessing the perception differently, by each Australian government, either Kevin Rudd or Tony Abbott, can causing the dynamics relationship between Australia and Indonesia. However, the impact of the perception from each government toward the policy outcome in the aspect of economy, political-security, and socio-cultural, still reflect from the level of Australia national interest.

Kata Kunci : perception, factors, geographic proximity, socio-cultural, economy, political-security, policy, national interest, and dynamic relationship.