To mark the anniversary of Australian Government's unscrupulous decision to withdraw its recognition of the maritime boundary jurisdiction of the…

Australia has closed the door on reopening talks with East Timor about a maritime boundary dispute and a carve-up of oil and gas reserves.

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The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) joins its affiliate Timor Lorosa'e Journalists' Association (AJTL) in strongly criticizing the…

Sadachika Watanabe, Jakarta – Satisfying your craving for Western-style fast food is getting easier in East Timor.

U.S. chain Burger King…

Tom Allard – Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has offered to hold "frank and open" discussions with East Timor about the unresolved maritime…

Tom Allard – East Timor's president has compared former prime ministers Xanana Gusmao and Mari Alkatiri to the Indonesian dictator Suharto, saying…

Sam King – A large and angry demonstration was held outside the Australian Embassy in Dili on 23 February, against the Australian government's…

Kupang, E Nusa Tenggara – Ferdi Tanoni, an observer of the Timor Sea issue, expressed support to the people of Timor Leste for demanding the…

John Pilger – Out of a population of almost a million, up to a third were extinguished. Secret documents found in the Australian National Archives…

Thomas Ora, Dili, Timor Leste – About 3,000 people marched to the Australian embassy in the Timor-Leste capital of Dili on Feb. 23, demanding that…

Paulina Quintso – The Director of Caucus (Women in Politics) Foundation Paula Corte Real urged women's associations across the 12 municipalities…

Paulina Quintso – The Director of CAUCUS (Women in Politics) Foundation, Paula Corte Real said the foundation is committed to continue to prepare…

Timor Leste's prime minister has filed a defamation suit against a journalist, who learned of the legal action against him last month.

On…

[The following statement is from the Movement Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea, a civil society coalition which has organized a peaceful…

Bryer C. Sousa – Following Hillary Clinton's recent invocation of the former National Security Advisor and Secretary of State, Henry Kissinger,…

Impunity persisted for gross human rights violations committed during the Indonesian occupation (1975-1999). Security forces were accused of…

Protesters rallied Tuesday outside the Australian embassy in the East Timor capital Dili, demanding Canberra come to the table "in good faith" to…

Daniel Flitton – Protesters have gathered outside Australia's embassy in Dili to demand an end to the bitter dispute with East Timor over undersea…

A protest action will take place this morning outside the Australian Embassy in Dili, East Timor, calling for the establishment of permanent…

Emilia Terzon – From Cyclone Tracy to the Bali bombings, the small tropical city of Darwin has on a few rare, yet memorable occasions become an…

Venidora Oliveira – Member of Parliament MP Arao Noe said many village offices established across the 13 municipalities of Timor-Leste that are…

Venidora Oliveira – The National Parliament (NP) approved $28,931 million in the 2016 state budget to improve the welfare of members of the…

Paulina Quintso – The Director of the National Optical Centre (NOC) Belmeiro Jeronimo said the institution would not provide medical consultations…

Paulina Quintso – The Education Director for the Municipality of Viqueque, Emilio Amaral said in the new school year of 2016-2017 the school…

Lindsay Murdoch, Bangkok – MPs from East Timor's major political parties are moving to impeach the country's President as tensions rise again in…

Daniel Flitton – Not one senior Australian politician has visited East Timor since the Coalition won power in 2013, a dramatic illustration of…

Tom Allard – Australian diplomats in the Jakarta embassy mocked reports of the rape, torture and execution of East Timorese after the invasion of…

Havana – The former President of Timor-Leste, Jose Manuel Ramos-Horta, said today in Havana that no other organization or group of people in the…

Timor-Leste (East Timor) offers tax advantages and other incentives to those who want to invest in the country and is working to overcome the…

Angela Macdonald-Smith – US oil giant ConocoPhillips has settled the biggest part of its long-running tax disputes with the Timor-Leste government…

The Timor Sea Justice Campaign will hold a protest action in Melbourne at 12:30pm on Thursday 24 March outside the Department of Foreign Affairs…

Tanya Plibersek – Australia regularly calls on other countries to abide by international laws and norms to settle disputes. On whaling, on the…

The shift in Labor's position in regard to Australia's long running maritime border dispute with East Timor will likely appeal to diplomatic…

Tanya Plibersek's announcement committing a future Labor government to good faith negotiations over a maritime boundary with Timor-Leste, with…

Tom Allard – East Timor's Prime Minister has written to his Australian counterpart Malcolm Turnbull asking him to open talks on a permanent…

Daniel Flitton – East Timor has hinted its international spying case against Australia could be abandoned should the two countries negotiate a new…

Labor shadow foreign minister Tanya Plibersek has committed a future Labor government to negotiations with the Timor Leste government to reach a…

Kate Stanton, Dili, East Timor – Cesar Gaio loves cooking in the open air. He hovers over a gas stove next to the winding road that edges the sea…

Paulina Quintso, – The Inspector General for Labour (IJT) and Secretary of State for Vocational Training Policy and Employment (SEPFOPE) Aniceto…

The foreign affairs department insists a decision to deny a passport to a former-spy-turned-whistleblower is not aimed at stopping him from giving…

The foreign affairs department was not consulted before Labor announced a new policy to reopen good faith maritime boundary talks with East Timor…

Venidora Oliveira – The Minister of Public Works, Transport and Communication (MOPTC) Gastso de Sousa said the government has allocated $10…

Today during a National Press Club Address, the Shadow Foreign Minister, Tanya Plibersek, outlined the Australian Labor Party's recently amended…

Tom Allard – Labor has pledged to submit to international adjudication over the disputed maritime boundary between Australia and East TImor if "…

Brigid Andersen – Opposition foreign affairs spokeswoman Tanya Plibersek says Labor wants to repair Australia's relationship with East Timor by…

Karlis Salna – Australia spent $1 million fighting litigation brought by East Timor over an ASIO raid linked to a dispute over $40 billion of oil…

Paulina Quintso – The President of National Commission Against Child Labour (KNTI) Aniceto Leto Soro said the commission has started conducting a…

[This statement was originally published by SEAPA on 5 February 2016.]

Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo filed a defamation…

One of the most startling cases of a government using the fig leaf of national security to protect its own interests is happening right before our…

Jakarta – The governments of Indonesia and Timor Leste, through the Ministries of Defense, have agreed to establish cooperation in the field of…