Newly released cabinet documents reveal Australia was preoccupied with the interests of major oil and gas corporations in the Timor Sea years before it bugged the Timor-Leste government during talks to carve up the crucial underwater resources.
Independent senator Rex Patrick is currently battling for access to archived cabinet documents detailing Australia’s strategy for bartering over the resource-rich Timor Sea with the then soon-to-be independent state of Timor-Leste.
