12,000 Australians learning Indonesian

SEMARANG: Visiting Queensland Premier Bob Borbidge has said at least 12,000 Australian students are learning Indonesian.

At a dinner hosted for the premier by Central Java Governor Soewardi here Friday, Borbidge said that in the Australian Federal State of Queensland, Indonesian teachers had been recruited from Central Java.

He said the recruitment was done through a teacher-exchange program, one of the initiatives created by Queensland and Central Java following the establishment of the special sister-city relations between the two.

The dinner was also attended by 68 Queensland businessmen.