Latest advice
For Australians travelling in or to Indonesia
For Australians travelling in Indonesia or planning to travel to Indonesia, please refer to the Australian Government’s Smartraveller website for latest news and information related to your trip and subscribe for updates. Travel advice is reviewed and updated regularly.
ACT election
The 2024 ACT Legislative Assembly election day is 19 October 2024. If you’re overseas on election day, you can vote early, vote by postal vote or can let Elections ACT know that you can’t vote. To vote early you must be in the ACT between 8 October and 19 October 2024.
To send a postal vote, submit an Elections ACT Postal Vote Application and the ACT Electoral Commission will send you your voting papers from 30 September 2024 onwards. Postal vote applications must be submitted no later than 5pm AEST on Friday, 11 October 2024, in order to receive your ballot papers in time. Send your completed votes directly to Elections ACT. Postal votes must reach Elections ACT by 5pm on 25 October 2024 to be counted.
See Going overseas - Elections ACT for further information.
Queensland election
The Queensland State General Election will take place on 26 October 2024. See Postal voting | Electoral Commission of Queensland to request a postal vote, and follow the instructions to complete and send your postal vote directly to the Electoral Commission of Queensland. If you can’t postal vote, visit Do I have to vote? | Electoral Commission of Queensland for advice.
Should you have further questions, please contact your state or territory electoral commission directly.
Consular, passport and notarial services
Consular and passport services continue to be provided by appointment. The contact number for appointments for consular services is (+62 31) 9920 3200 and appointments can be made online at https://australianconsulategeneralsurabaya.setmore.com/ If the Embassy or Consulate is closed, please contact our Consular Emergency Centre: +61 2 6261 3305 if you have an urgent request.
Travel Information for Australians
Smartraveller has the latest, authoritative travel advice so you can be informed and prepared about overseas travel. Subscribe to receive travel advice updates - by simply supplying your name and email address – straight to your inbox.
You can now also subscribe to the new SMS service - by supplying your mobile number – to receive critical alerts in the event of a crisis overseas.
In a crisis, Smartraveller will activate a crisis page on its website. It will make it easier for you or someone you know to contact the Australian Government if you need help. It will supplement the consular emergency hotline.
Visit www.smartraveller.gov.au/ to subscribe or connect with Smartraveller on Facebook and Twitter.
Need information on visiting or living in Indonesia? Read the Australian Government’s:
- Travel advice for Indonesia
- Smartraveller News and Updates on special issues and events
- Tips for travellers during COVID-19
We encourage all Australian travellers and expatriates in Indonesia to:
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Message from the Consul-General
Welcome to the website of the Australian Consulate-General in Surabaya.
Since opening in 2017, the Consulate-General in Surabaya has fostered stronger business, education, people-to-people and cultural links between Australia and the Indonesian provinces of Central Java and East Java, which have a combined population of around 70 million people.
The Consulate-General has a strong focus on building economic partnership opportunities, including in education, agriculture and manufacturing.
You can follow the Australian Consulate-General, Surabaya on:
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