October 2023
- Opinion
- The AFR View
China card played on Australia’s Timor-Leste front porch
The task for Labor’s Pacific diplomacy is now to win back the lost ground in the independent sovereign state that Australia helped to found.
- The AFR View
August 2023
- Opinion
- Foreign relations
Timor-Leste is on the brink of failure
Australia’s most pressing foreign policy dilemma is hiding in plain sight in Timor-Leste. Falling revenues, stalled gas deals and idiosyncratic leadership are not a good brew for stability or fiscal viability.
- James Curran
April 2021
Less than 20 years after independence, Timor-Leste is running on fumes
When Timor-Leste won independence in 2002 the belief was it had petroleum reserves to last generations, but the money is running out much earlier than expected.
- Angus Grigg
