This week on The Fin podcast, senior writer Emma Connors joins us from Jakarta to talk about who is in the race to be the next president of Indonesia and what that will mean for the region and Australia’s nickel miners.

This podcast is sponsored by Governance Institute of Australia.

Further reading:

• Indonesia’s poll frontrunner has bad news for Australian nickel miners

Prabowo Subianto has vowed to continue the turbocharged industry development backed by Chinese investment that has flooded the world with cheap nickel.

• This billionaire used Indonesia’s nickel to squeeze out Australia

Xiang Guangda, founder of Chinese giant Tsingshan Holdings, has invested billions of dollars to elbow competitors aside.

• Why this man is the most disappointed politician in Indonesia

The sudden entry of President Joko Widodo’s son into the election race has upset many plans – particularly those of the minister who thought he had a good shot at the vice presidency.

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