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[Link] Less than 20 years after independence, Timor-Leste is running on fumes
Read: 6/5/2021 www.afr.com
“Give or take a few years the Petroleum Fund will be out of money in 10 years,” says Deakin University’s Professor Damien Kingsbury, a long-time observer of Timor-Leste. “The question is who steps in to fill this gap.
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[Link] Judge rules Australian government's attempt to obstruct Bernard Collaery's use of barrister 'unfair'
Read: 10/2/2021 www.theguardian.com
The federal government’s attempt to use “extraordinary” national security powers to obstruct Bernard Collaery engaging a highly respected barrister in the Timor-Leste spying case is “disturbing” and “unfair”, a judge has ruled.