After a border dispute and spying scandal, can Australia and Timor-Leste be good neighbours?
- Written by Michael Leach, Professor, Politics & International Relations, Swinburne University of Technology
Protesters outside the Australian embassy in Dili, Timor-Leste, in 2016, demanding a settlement of the border dispute between the nations.Antonio Dasiparu/EPA
On August 30, Timor-Leste will celebrate the referendum that gave it independence from Indonesia. For the people of this small island, it has been a long battle - and one that continues...