“Mahasiswa Unpad bertemu dengan Perdana Menteri Australia, Julia Gillard”

Foto 1  : Yudhistira Pratama S (Fapet Unpad), Dety Inayatun (Fapet IPB) dan Yogi Sidik (Fapet UGM) saat bertemu dengan Duta Besar Indonesia untuk Australia Bapak Najib Ribhat Kusoema di Gedung Parlemen Australia (Canberra).

Foto 2 : Saat berbincang dengan Perdana Menteri Australia, mereka juga didampingi oleh Alward Foster yg merupakan  Mentor dari pihak NTCA untuk program ini.

Hari yang takkan terlupakan oleh Mahasiswa ini, Yudhistira Pratama S merupakan salah satu mahasiswa Fakultas Peternakan UNPAD yang mengikuti Program Study Apprentice 2013 di Northern Territory, Australia. Program ini awalnya merupakan rintisan dari Unit Kegiatan Mahasiswa di Fakultas Peternakan UNPAD yaitu Cattle and Bufflo Club (CBC). Tahun sebelumnya telah berjalan sukses, sehingga di Tahun 2013 peserta yang diikutsertakannya diperbanyak, kalau tahun sebelumya hanya 8 orang peserta, tahun ini sampai 15 orang peserta dari berbagai Fakultas Peternakan di Indonesia. Tidak disangka program ini mengalihkan perhatian Perdana Menteri Australia, Julia Gillard saat pertemuannya dengan Eksekutif Direktur Northern Territoy Cattleman’s Assosiation Luke Bowen di Darwin. PM Australia sangat ingin bertemu dengan Mahasiswa yang mengikuti program ini. Sampai akhirnya dipilih 3 orang perwakilan untuk menuju Gedung Parlemen Australia di Canberra. Mereka didampingi langsung dari pihak NTCA beserta mentor program, Alward Foster.

Saat perbincangannya dengan Julia Gillard, mahasiswa tersebut menyampaikan program ini sangat bagus untuk menjalin hubungan yang lebih baik lagi antara Indonesia dan Australia terutama dalam hal Animal Welfare. Selain itu juga dapat saling berbagi pengetahuan di Industri Sapi Potong dan saling memahami budaya dari kedua Negara tersebut. Beliau juga menyampaikan secara langsung dukungannya atas program ini.

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Visit builds bridges

Source : http://www.stockjournal.com.au/news/agriculture/general/news/visit-builds-bridges/2657953.aspx

20 May, 2013 03:30 AM

COLIN BETTLES

Deti Inayatun, Yogi Sidik and Yudhistira Pratama, and the program’s student mentor Alward Foster, met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard during the pastoral exchange program.

THREE Indonesian students from the Northern Territory Cattlemen’s Association’s (NTCA) Indonesia and Australia pastoral exchange program will never forget their short time in Canberra.

The exchange students met with Prime Minister Julia Gillard, federal Trade Minister Craig Emerson, Agriculture Minister Joe Ludwig and Regional Services Minister Catherine King during a tour of Parliament House last Thursday.
And for good measure, they also met the Indonesian Ambassador to Australia, Nadjib Riphat Kesoema, who also attended the friendly meeting.
Speaking to Fairfax Agricultural Media, one of the students - Deti Inayatun from Bogor Agricultural University - said it was “very humbling” to meet Ms Gillard and the other senior government officials.
Those same feelings were echoed by the two other exchange students, Yogi Sidik and Yudhistira Pratama, and the program’s student mentor Alward Foster.
Mr Foster is an Indigenous stockman, trainer and mentor who has been involved in the NTCA international program for two years.
They all said Ms Gillard expressed genuine interest and support for what they’re trying to achieve through the industry exchange program.
They also said the Prime Minister and she was constantly smiling.
“She was very, very happy to meet with us and very humble,” Mr Foster said.
During the meeting the students and NTCA representatives spoke about how the program - involving 16 Indonesian students in total - helps build cattle-handling skill and expertise and promotes strong industry and cultural links between the two nations.
They arrived in Australia recently and have already completed a basic training course at the Katherine campus of Charles Darwin University which offers diplomas in livestock handling and animal husbandry, relevant to pastoral management.
Next week the students will start a six week stint at individual cattle stations in the Northern Territory where they’ll apply practical aspects of their training program.

NTCA Executive Director Luke Bowen said the exchange program also focussed on animal welfare training which would then be shared amongst other animal husbandry students in Indonesia, helping to build overall skill and capacity with Australia’s near neighbour.

Mr Bowen said the program also aims to expand the knowledge and awareness of the Indonesian students in the northern Australian pastoral industry.
He said it would establish and expand relationships for mutual Australian and Indonesian industry growth and benefit, building on the already strong and long-standing pastoral industry relationships between northern Australia and Indonesia.
On the same day the students visited Canberra, the Animals Australia activist organisation and Tasmanian Independent MP Andrew Wilkie held a media conference to repeat their calls for a ban on the live export trade, including ending Australia’s cattle trade to Indonesia.
But the NTCA said the exchange program showed a “proactive and forward focused approach to addressing animal welfare issues through the sharing of industry knowledge and information, and building long-term relationships”.

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Indonesian students get taste of Aussie pastoral industry

Source : http://www.farmingahead.com.au/articles/1/8258/2013-05-03/news/indonesian-students-get-taste-of-aussie-pastoral-industry

WHILE international relations with Indonesia may have been strained since the ban on live exports, its students have travelled Down Under to gain first-hand knowledge of the northern Australian pastoral industry.

After months of preparation, 16 Indonesian Animal Husbandry students arrived in Darwin to participate in the Northern Territory Cattlemen's Association (NTCA) Indonesia Australia Pastoral Industry Student Program.

According to NCTA, a pilot program last year was an outstanding success, prompting the NTCA to expand the program from eight to 16 students, selected from five universities across Indonesia.

NTCA's executive director Luke Bowen said the program was designed to establish and expand relationships for mutual Australian and Indonesian industry growth and benefit.

The students will spend two weeks in Katherine undertaking intensive pastoral industry training, before heading out to six weeks' work experience at cattle stations across the Northern Territory.

"It is an exciting program that will benefit the students, the pastoral industry and the Territory," Bowen said.

The program has attracted national attention, including that of the Prime Minister, who was provided a briefing on the program while meeting the NTCA last week.

Prime Minister Julia Gillard also provided federal government support through the Department of Regional Australia and Office of Northern Australia to assist the program.

The federal assistance complements the investment also being made by the the Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research (ACIAR), Meat and Livestock Australia and the Northern Territory government.