Albanese is about the talks that Indonesia and Russia had in February (welcome to the party!) and what he has done to counter it.

Albanese:

There won’t be joint exercises between Australia and Russia, I assure you of that, but our relationship with Indonesia has never been stronger, including our defence relationship.

Indonesia is a sovereign nation. Indonesia is a sovereign nation, so we continue to put our argument about our own case and our own relationship with Indonesia. Indonesia and Russia have historically had relations that are different from Australia’s and Russia.

That’s how you deal with things. This isn’t a sort of team thing where it’s like you have to just go for South on every week, and you don’t worry about any other teams, and what they’re doing.

Indonesia is a sovereign, powerful nation. We respect President Prabowo. We continue to put our argument and our job, our task is to develop good relationships with Indonesia. That’s what we’re doing,

Some of the journalists here seem to think that Australia can dictate to Indonesia how it conducts its affairs.