Global court takes up Timor, Australia sea border row

[News Bandit]

THE HAGUE - An international arbitration court agreed Monday to take up a decade-long maritime border dispute between Australia and East Timor which cuts through lucrative oil and gas fields in the Timor Sea.

 

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[bfinkay]

Good, hopefully the poor buggers can spg eat a win and start standing on their two feet. Australia needs strong friendly neighbours, not weaklings under a heel.

[sinbad5]

Paul Cleary's book "Shakedown: Australia's grab for Timor's Oil" is an essential primer for those interested in this issue.

 

I had the pleasure of travelling all over Timor Leste a few years back.

 

Great people, tragic history.