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East Timor votes in parliamentary election aiming to break political impasse

Vote counting is underway in East Timor’s parliamentary election with two former independence fighters considered for the post of prime minister

The Independent UK

‘This is where they are’: can Australia get to HMAS Armidale – and its lost sailors – before pirates do?

More than 80 years after the ship was sunk, the wreck could soon be found near Timor-Leste. Ratifying a UN convention would help Australia protect it from plunder

The Guardian - AU

Army veteran's wife tells Q+A her husband tried to take his life more than 30 times, as she calls for more funding from government

Australian Army veteran Dave has tried to end his life more than 30 times since returning from Timor-Leste. He and his wife have used a Q+A appearance to implore the government to better support defence personnel.

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This official history of Australia's role in the 1999 Timor-Leste crisis unpacks our 'military myths'

In 1999, Australian troops were sent to Timor-Leste. This "official history" sheds light on the decision.

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Greater Sunrise partners eye end to deadlock on new gas

Woodside Energy has committed to a new study on sending Greater Sunrise gas to Timor-Leste or Darwin for processing, in a move to end the deadlock.

AAP

Shirley Shackleton will be remembered as the fearless woman who campaigned for justice for the Balibo Five and East Timor

Shirley Shackleton, who has died aged 91, spent decades campaigning for justice for her husband, one of the Balibo Five group of Australian journalists killed in Timor-Leste in 1975.

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Aaron Kearney's 'lifetime in 400 days' on island odyssey

East Timor a place 'pure and strong of heart'.

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ASEAN leaders give 'in-principle' support for Timor-Leste's membership. What does this actually mean?

On Friday, leaders of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)’s member states provided a statement announcing “in-principle” support for Timor-Leste to be admitted as its 11th member. So does this mean Timor-Leste’s long wait to become a member of ASEAN is finally over? The short answer is not quite.

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East Timor’s Ramos-Horta presses Australia on stalled gas fields

Exploration has stalled due to maritime boundary disputes and whether the gas would be refined in Darwin or East Timor.

Al Jazeera

Australia hails ‘new chapter’ in Timor-Leste relationship as leaders sign defence pact

Albanese government looks forward to military cooperation as Jose Ramos-Horta calls for help to develop Greater Sunrise gas fields

The Guardian - AU

China 'very interested' in partnering with Timor-Leste on gas project, President José Ramos-Horta says

Timor-Leste's President José Ramos-Horta reveals China is "very interested" in partnering with his government on a contentious gas project.

ABC News

Timor should get gas pipeline: Ramos-Horta

East Timor president Jose Ramos-Horta has urged the Albanese government to help progress a lucrative gas project.

AAP

East Timorese leader flies to Australia for critical talks

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta is scheduled to arrive in Australia for a state visit as negotiations over lucrative gas resources reach a critical stage for his impoverished nation

The Independent UK

Penny Wong calls for quiet negotiations over gas project after Jose Ramos-Horta warns Timor Leste may turn to China

Timor Leste President José Ramos-Horta has used a series of media interviews to warn that his country may turn to a Chinese company to fund a contentious gas project if the Australian government doesn't "intervene" and lean on Woodside.

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Australian FM warns East Timorese against Chinese debt

Australia’s foreign minister on a visit to East Timor is warning the nation against going into “unsustainable debt” to the Chinese on a major gas project

The Guardian - AU

Penny Wong visits PNG and Timor-Leste as expert warns neighbours are ‘playing the China card’

Foreign affairs minister met PNG leaders on Monday in Port Moresby and will continue to Timor-Leste on Wednesday

The Guardian - AU

Morning mail: Timor-Leste plays China card, pensioners charged for antivirals, Bali bomber to go free

Friday: Timor-Leste president José Ramos-Horta may look to Beijing to secure a gas pipeline. Plus: where to holiday to escape a third La Niña

The Independent UK

East Timor hopes to join ASEAN when Indonesia chairs in 2023

East Timor’s President Jose Ramos-Horta says he hopes Asia’s youngest country can join the Association of Southeast Asian Nations next year

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‘Witness K and Bernard Collaery are heroes’: how Australia made two men pay for its dirty secrets

Decision by new government to abandon prosecution prompts widespread relief from lawyers and supporters in Australia and Timor-Leste

The Guardian - AU

José Ramos-Horta pleased ‘fairness prevailed’ in Bernard Collaery case

Exclusive: Timor-Leste president welcomes decision to end prosecution of ‘good man’ who helped expose Australian bugging operation

The Guardian - AU

José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging

Exclusive: President of south-east Asian nation says Australia used cover of ‘supposedly altruistic foreign aid program’ to spy on behalf of oil companies

The Guardian - AU

Timor-Leste hit by 6.4-magnitude earthquake that was felt in Darwin

Quake struck to east of Timor-Leste, with residents in Northern Territory capital reporting strong shaking

ABC News

Darwin feels tremors of 6.4-magnitude earthquake in Timor-Leste

The earthquake was felt extensively throughout the Top End, with accounts of rattling apartment buildings in the city and shaking across Darwin's northern suburbs.

The Guardian - AU

Twenty years on, Timorese-Australians look back on the struggle for independence

To mark the anniversary, photographer Alex Soares spoke to three cousins who lived through Indonesia’s brutal occupation

Al Jazeera

Young Timorese celebrate diversity after historical trauma

Those born after bloody separation from Indonesia see strength of ethnic heritage and dream of economic progress.

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