Timor-Leste

New ambassadors to ASEAN and Timor-Leste are among nine new diplomatic postings announced by foreign affairs minister Penny Wong.

Hundreds of millions of defence dollars are now being poured into northern Australia in response to China’s ‘wolf warrior’ South Pacific push.

Australia can use different elements of statecraft to be an effective partner in supporting a secure and peaceful Timor-Leste.

Brisbane will this week play host to the 2022 Asia-Pacific Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk Reduction. 

Experts say the ditching of the prosecution of Bernard Collaery shows current protections for whistleblowers and their legal advisers are inadequate.

Beijing has lauded efforts to lift Timor-Leste’s economy and the livelihood of people, in a message commemorating 20 years of diplomatic relations between the two nations.

Former ACT attorney-general Bernard Collaery is charged with sharing protected intelligence about Timor-Leste to the ABC and conspiring with a former ASIS intelligence officer.

The Morrison government’s proposed Commonwealth Integrity Commission might struggle for credibility. It has opponents lining up inside and outside federal parliament, including many senior members of the legal profession, some of which are actively campaigning for a stronger model. Those critics do not appear ready to let it go.