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Timor Sea agreement does not end Timor Sea dispute

It’s about Greater Sunrise. It was always about Greater Sunrise. The Timor Sea boundary agreement has now been signed in New York, but the key to the dispute – the $50 billion Greater Sunrise liquid natural gas field – remains unresolved. Timor-Leste has argued for many years that the agreement which saw the joint exploitation […]

Australia – Timor-Leste Timor Sea agreement thrown into doubt

Australia’s agreement with Timor-Leste to settle a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea may have hit a snag as Timor-Leste’s politics is thrown into turmoil. On 30 August this year, the two countries announced they had reached the ‘central elements’ of an agreement to end a falling out over the disputed waters – and […]

Australia and East Timor agree on the Timor Sea

Australia’s agreement with East Timor to settle a permanent maritime boundary in the Timor Sea appears to bring to an end a long-running and often bitter dispute which has marred relations between the two countries. It also marks another chapter in Australia bullying its tiny near neighbor into acquiescing to a deal that is less […]

In Timor-Leste, it's spies like us … or like them, anyway

Australia and Timor-Leste are in a diplomatic lull following the revelations that Australia spied on Timor-Leste’s cabinet via agents working through its aid program. Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao is in South Africa for the funeral of Nelson Mandela, who had visited him in prison in Jakarta and thus helped elevate his international status. But one […]

Woodside gas deal could redraw Australia-East Timor borders

Australia’s relationship with East Timor is at risk as the deadline looms on a hotly disputed and lucrative liquid natural gas project — with no resolution in sight. West Australian-based Woodside Petroleum has until February 23 to reach an agreement with the government of East Timor over the site of processing LNG or else the […]