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Subject: ABC: Darwin rally decries Timor gas deal
Darwin rally decries Timor gas deal
ABC News Online
Tuesday, April 13, 2004. 11:17am (AEST)
About a dozen people have rallied outside the Darwin office of the
Member for Solomon this morning, to protest against Australia's treatment
of East Timor in oil and gas negotiations.
East Timor's Prime Minister Mari Alkitiri has indicated his parliament
will not be ratifying an agreement that allows the oil and gas reserves to
be developed.
The deal gives East Timor about 18 per cent of revenue from the fields.
The country is currently disputing sea bed and maritime boundaries.
Rob Wesley Smith, from the Timor Sea Justice Coalition, says Australia
has behaved like a brutal coloniser.
"We believe that the Australian people will not accept this rip
off.... denying them their economic future," he said.
"The problem has been that they haven't been able to get to the
Australian people because [Prime Minister John Howard] and [Foreign
Minister Alexander Downer] lied when they said East Timor was getting 90
per cent of everything.
"It's just not true."
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