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        "id": 1393753,
        "msgid": "australia-committed-to-asia-1447893297",
        "date": "1998-01-13 00:00:00",
        "title": "Australia 'committed to Asia'",
        "author": null,
        "source": "REUTERS",
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        "topic": null,
        "summary": "Australia 'committed to Asia' CANBERRA (Reuters): Acting Australian Prime Minister Tim Fischer said yesterday that Australia remained committed to Asia, but would develop new export markets. He also said a Sunday telephone conversation between Indonesia's President Soeharto and Australian Prime Minister John Howard was \"a very useful dialogue\". \"The situation continues to unfold and there will be other interface between the Australian government and the Indonesian government,\" he told reporters.",
        "content": "<p>Australia 'committed to Asia'<\/p>\n<p>CANBERRA (Reuters): Acting Australian Prime Minister Tim<br>\nFischer said yesterday that Australia remained committed to Asia,<br>\nbut would develop new export markets.<\/p>\n<p>He also said a Sunday telephone conversation between<br>\nIndonesia's President Soeharto and Australian Prime Minister John<br>\nHoward was \"a very useful dialogue\".<\/p>\n<p>\"The situation continues to unfold and there will be other<br>\ninterface between the Australian government and the Indonesian<br>\ngovernment,\" he told reporters.<\/p>\n<p>\"Australia is engaged with Asia for the long haul, there is a<br>\ngreat deal of potential associated with the Indonesian economy,\"<br>\nFischer said. The region buys about 60 percent of Australia's<br>\nexports.<\/p>\n<p>Asked if the government was concerned with news of the<br>\ncancellation of infrastructure contracts by the Indonesian<br>\ngovernment he said: \"It's obviously going to be a very difficult<br>\ntime for Indonesia.\"<\/p>\n<p>Fischer said the official assessment of the Asian crisis'<br>\nimpact in the Australian economy was included in the December<br>\nmid-year review of the 1997\/98 budget and economic outlook.<\/p>\n<p>\"You must remember though Australia remains a very competitive<br>\nexporter and we're pushing beyond Indonesia, beyond Thailand,<br>\nbeyond Malaysia, beyond the Philippines to other parts of the<br>\nworld and doing so with some good success,\" he said.<\/p>\n<p>Fischer said the government remained \"sensibly confident\"<br>\nabout the country's economic prospects, even when allowing for<br>\nthe Asian turmoil, although ongoing assessments were being made.<\/p>\n<p>In its mid-year review for the fiscal year to June 30, the<br>\ngovernment maintained its growth forecast of 3.75 percent, but<br>\nreduced forecast growth for 1998\/99 to 3.25 percent from earlier<br>\nprojections of 3.5 percent because of the regional turmoil.<\/p>",
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