‘We can do much more’: Albanese calls on business to look past China to opportunities in Indonesia

Anthony Albanese speaks in Makassar, Indonesia. Australia is 13th on the list of Indonesia’s trade partners and that can improve, the PM says. Photograph: Masyudi Syachban Firmansyah/AP

Anthony Albanese has declared Australia needs to move past its reliance on China for trade and income-generating opportunities with business needing to prioritise new strategies in Indonesia.

On his final day in Indonesia, the prime minister on Tuesday said industry could not rely on a thaw in the Australia-China relationship to restore lost opportunities.