Forty years ago on this day, East Timor first declared its independence. Today – having endured a brutal military occupation to reclaim its…

Emma Alberici speaks with Nick Xenophon about his calls for a Royal Commission following Lateline's exclusive report on the spying scandal between…

Sue Lannin – A recently re-discovered document given to the Australian Embassy in Jakarta suggests Australia may have been aware of Indonesian…

Steve Cannane, Sashka Koloff and Brigid Andersen – Independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for a royal commission into the spying scandal in…

Paul Farrell – The independent senator Nick Xenophon has called for a royal commission into Australia allegedly bugging Timor-Leste's cabinet room…

Steve Cannane, Sashka Koloff and Brigid Andersen – One of Australia's most senior lawyers believes there is a criminal case to answer over an…

To date, no one – in politics or the bureaucracy – has been held accountable for bugging the East Timor cabinet room. Well, this is embarrassing…

Australia's foreign affairs department is expected to make a decision next week on whether to reissue a passport to a key witness in spy…

Tony Jones speaks with Peter Galbraith, who was part of the UN transitional administration in East Timor in 2000 and 2001 and a cabinet member in…

Steve Cannane, Sashka Koloff and Brigid Andersen – East Timor's most senior leaders have accused Australia of committing a crime and acting…

Timor Leste's government will have to think long and hard about diversifying its economy, Prime Minister John Key says.

New Zealand Ministry…

Timor Leste is running out of money due to the decline of its oil industry and government overspending.

The country, formerly known as East…

Shane Rosenthal, Dili – The impending launch of the ASEAN Economic Community is being marked this week at a summit in Kuala Lumpur. It should also…

Rodney Joyce, Singapore – East Timor is seeking Australian public support to try to persuade Canberra to settle a longstanding maritime border…

Sashka Koloff, staff – When Indonesia invaded East Timor in 1975, they effectively sealed off the country to the outside world. No outsider made…

Paulina Quintao – The President of Women's Association for Manatuto Municipality (AFM) Clara de Carvalho Ximenes said its members are working with…

Paulina Quintao – National Member of Parliament MP Francisco da Costa said the public's money is going to waste because the government does not…

Venidora Oliveira – The Coordinator of Rede ba Rai (Network for Land) organization Roberto Aleixo da Cruz said land disputes continue to be a…

Venidora Oliveira – The government of Timor-Leste through the Ministry of Public Works, Transport and Communication (MPWTC) has made the…

Venidora Oliveira – The Security Sector Project Manager of the United Nation Development Program (UNDP) Naldo Rei said the National Police of…

Paulina Quintao – The Deputy Program Manager of International NGO Marie Stopes International Timor-Leste (MSITL) Juliao da Silva said that over 12…

Paulina Quintao – The Deputy Program Manager of Marie Stope's International Timor-Leste (MSITL) Julio da Silva said the NGO has established mobile…

Paulina Quintao – The Deputy Program Manager of Marie Stopes International Timor-Leste (MSITL), Juliao da Silva, said the MSITL team has been…

Paulina Quintao – The Director of the Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) Program Merita Correia said they have prepared five lawyers…

Sadachika Watanabe, Jakarta – East Timor is looking to upgrade its natural-resource and transportation infrastructure, creating new business…

China's State Councilor and Defense Minister Chang Wanquan held talks with visiting Minister of Defense of Timor-Leste Cirilo Cristovao in Beijing…

Balibo, Timor-Leste – The people of Balibo in Timor-Leste marked Friday's 40th anniversary of the killing of Australian-based journalists by…

Molly Schmidt – A son of one of the five Australian-based journalists killed in Balibo, East Timor, has asked the Australian Federal Police to re-…

The International Federation of Journalists (IFJ) and its affiliate the Media, Entertainment & Arts Alliance (MEAA) today, commemorate the…

"The truth is never too young to be told, nor too old." So said Coroner Dorelle Pinch as she summed up the 2007 inquest into the deaths of the…

Nick Xenophon and Clinton Fernandes – Forty years ago on Friday, five young men met their deaths in a small corner of a foreign field.

Gary…

Angelo Risso – Barely a week goes by without Tony Maniaty thinking about Balibo.

Maniaty, an up-and-coming ABC journalist, travelled with a…

A. Ibrahim Almuttaqi, Jakarta – Four years on since Timor Leste formally applied to become a member-state of ASEAN, the dream of uniting all…

Havana – Cuba and Timor-Leste strengthened cooperation mainly in areas such as health, education and agriculture in the context of the official…

Havana, Cuba – Having extended the Medical Program of the Family throughout East Timor by November 2016 is the aspiration of Rui Maria de Araujo,…

Havana – Cuban parliament President Esteban Lazo welcomed today Timor Leste Prime Minister Rui Maria de Araujo, in a meeting that ratified the…

Venidora Oliveira – The Deputy Director of Mahein Foundation (FM), a local NGO that monitors the security and defence sector in Timor-Leste, Joao…

Rui Maria de Araujo – Most people will not have even heard of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste, let alone be able to point out where it is…

Paulina Quintao – The Executive Director of the Legal Assistance for Women and Children (ALFeLa) Merita Correia said in 2014, 46% of cases it…

Venidora Oliveira – The II General Command of the National Police Timor-Leste (PNTL) Commissioner Faustina da Costa said the death of Paulino Gama…

Havana – Timor-Leste's Prime Minister, Rui Maria de Araujo, will pay tribute today to Cuba"s National Hero, Jose Marti, as part of his official…

Havana – The Prime Minister of East Timor, Rui Maria De Araujo, is paying an official visit to Cuba on Friday, during which he will hold talks…

Matthew Pennington – Thirteen years after winning independence from Indonesia, East Timor has to wage another struggle for justice with a more…

Alex Blucher – The coffee country of Timor Leste is a world away from the birthplace of permaculture in northern Tasmania but it's taking off…

Sydney – The Australian government will "vigorously defend" arbitration proceedings initiated by Timor-Leste in relation to their treaty, which…

The Australian and East Timor governments are embroiled in an oil and gas controversy involving the pipeline to Darwin from the Bayu Undan gas…

Canberra, Australia – East Timor has abandoned talks on a maritime boundary with Australia and renewed a legal challenge to gain a larger share of…

Without war correspondents to tell the truth, all we'd be told are official lies, says Shirley Shackleton, widow of reporter Greg Shackleton who…

Chip Henriss – Sixteen years ago on September 20, I was with the Australian Army's 3rd Brigade, the Townsville-based ready Deployment Force. We…

Dylan Amirio, Dili, Timor Leste – Low-cost carrier Citilink Indonesia has opened a new route connecting Denpasar in Bali to Dili in Timor Leste in…