International co-operation can help us all prevent and alleviate fire damage.

As a US citizen working in Indonesia for an organisation set up with considerable Australian assistance, I take an active interest in the stories about Australia that appear in the Indonesian media. Given the capricious nature of the Indonesia-Australian relationship you would expect these stories to focus on the countries' political relations. But the stories cover the full spectrum of sport, politics, economics, the environment, culture, lifestyles and, as with media around the world, Australia's latest movie stars. It goes to show how much importance Indonesians place on their nation's relationship with Australia.