2008 2007 2006 2005
2004 2003 2002
2008
La’o Hamutuk:
Sunrise LNG in Timor-Leste: Dreams, Realities and Challenges
(February)
2007
ETAN: Submission to Joint
Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into Maritime Arrangements Treaty
with East Timor (March 15)
La'o
Hamutuk writes to RDTL Parliament on CMATS Treaty
(February)
2006
LH:
Petroleum in
Timor-Leste, Presentation by Santina Soares (October 21)
Timor-Leste
and the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative: An Overview from Civil
Society submission by La'o Hamutuk and Luta Hamutuk
to the EITI meeting, Norway
(October 16)
La'o Hamutuk Bulletin: -
Issue focus: CMATS Treaty with Australia (April)
La'o Hamutuk asks Timor-Leste Parliament to scrutinize
the Treaty on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (CMATS)
(April 4)
ETAN Statement on
Timor-Leste/Australia Maritime Arrangement (January
15)
TSJC:
Critics
blast Australian Gov's band-aid approach to Timor Sea dispute
(January 12)
Maritime Union of Australia:
LNG shipments raise
union alarm (January 9); Maritime
and Transport Workers Union of East Timor:
Timorese
workers call on Australian comrades to protest LNG giant
2005
Timor Sea
Justice Campaign Skeptical of 'Grinch' Downer
LH Bulletin
Vol. 6
No. 4: Petroleum Dependency, Petroleum Regime (November
2005)
LH
press release on AusAID revocation of a grant to a Timorese NGO in response
to their calling for a fair maritime boundary
(10/6/05)
Oilwatch:
Oil in
Timor-Leste: A discussion of economic, ecological and moral debt. (Chapter
written by La'o Hamutuk in September 2005)
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ETAN demonstrates against Australia's PM Howard,
July 18, 2005, Washington., DC. |
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Timor Sea Justice Campaign:
Greater Sunrise briefing sheet (pdf) (07/28/05)
Protest Urges Fair Deal for East Timor:
Colorful Demonstration Planned at Invite-Only Dinner for Australia's
Prime Minister Howard (07/19/05)
Australian Unions Call For E Timor To Get Fair Share
Of Timor Gap Oil (06/15/05)
Reported Australia/Timor-Leste Oil Deal
"Cheats" East Timorese, Says ETAN (05/17/05)
TSJC:
East
Timor Short Changed in Oil Deal (05/14/05)
Australian
Bishops call for generosity in Timor Sea talks
(05/13/05)
ET NGOs:Timor-Leste
Civil Society “Demands the Expeditious Determination of a Fair Median Line”
(4/2705)
Plain facts about Australia & East Timor’s
Maritime Boundary (also
PDF version)
Congress Urges Expeditious Talks on
Permanent Maritime Boundary for East Timor;
Calls on Australia to Create Trust Fund for Disputed Revenue
(03/04/05)
TSJC:
Surprise Australian "People's Delegation" to Maritime Talks (03/07/05)
TSJC:
An open letter to the Australian Government's maritime boundary negotiating team
(03/07/05)
TSJC:
'Hong Kong' Proposal
Avoids The Basic Issue (02/25/05)
TSJC: Fresh Calls For
A Trust Fund As Timor Sea Talks Resume (02/22/05)
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Tasi Timor
Online video, Tasi Timor
documents the popular protests in Dili in 2004 against
Australia's ongoing occupation of the Timor Sea
and exploitation of the vast oil reserves contained therein.
(Tetum, English).
Download or watch online. |
2004
Estafeta: East
Timor’s Oil: Blessing or Curse? (Winter)
News about Timor Sea
Talks and Public Consultations:
November,
December
Timor-Leste Civil Society Demands a Fair Maritime Boundary
(10/27/04)
News about
October Timor Sea
negotiations (October)
Timor-Leste government launches public consultation on Petroleum Fund
(10/18/04)
Most
Australians support international court
determining Timor boundary: poll (10/7/04)
ET NGO statement on ET-Australia boundary talks
(09/29/04)
LH:
The Case for Saving
Sunrise (07/28/04)
Members of Congress Stress Concern Over East Timor-Australia
Boundary Dispute During Australia Free Trade Debate
(7/22/04)
ETAN Urges Visiting
Australian Prime Minister to Follow Rule of Law in Talks with East Timor
(6/03/04)
ETAN
Urges International Support for Justice and Control of Resources on Newest
Nation’s Birthday (5/20/04)
MKOTT: Statement
in Solidarity with Australians for Timor Sea Justice
(5/20/04)
May Timor Sea and Boundary
News
Australia Fails Fairness Test for East
Timor: Complex Trade Agreement with U.S. Undermines
Australia's Claim on Timor Boundary Talks (5/17/04)
Estafeta:
Australia
Continues to Steal East Timor’s Sea Resources (Spring
2004)
News
reports on April negotiations
TSO Media Release:
DFAT expert
supports East Timor's maritime rights, (04/23/04)
MKOTT: Timor
Sea Movement Press Release on Talks (04/19/04)
East Timor Environmentalist
Wins Top Global Award (04/19/04)
MKOTT: Movement Against the
Occupation of the Timor Sea Launched (04/14/04)
Congress Tells Australia to
Treat East Timor Fairly; Urges Expeditious
Talks on Permanent Maritime Boundary (03/09/04)
Global Wake-Up Call
for Australia: Stop Stealing East Timor's Resources &
Trampling on Its New Independence (01/26/04)
E Timor Coalition (CIITT):
Statement
for Australia Day (01/26/04)
2003
NGOs Urge Howard
to Play Fair in Boundary Talks with East Timor;
Text of NGO letter to
Australia's Prime Minister Howard with response
(11/07/03)
ETAN: Talking
Points - East Timor’s Boundary Dispute with
Australia
East Timor Action Network Urges Gifts of Justice and Fairness on
Country’s First Birthday (05/17/03)
ETAN:
U.S. Rights Group Demands
that Australian Government Stop Bullying East Timor (01/26/03)
2002
ETAN:
Submission to Australian
Parliament's Joint Standing Committee on Treaties Inquiry into the Timor Sea
Treaty and the Exchange of Notes between East Timor and Australia (Timor
Sea) (7/29/02)
Estafeta:
A Dangerous Oil
Slick: Australia Tries to Hijack East Timor's
Future (Spring 2002)
Estafeta:
Phillips
Petroleum and Canberra Play an Old Game (Winter
2001-2)
To: Phillips
Shareholders, Directors, and Management, re:
Phillips' operations in the Timor Sea (05/13/96)
From La'o Hamutuk (see also
Index of Articles
about Oil and Gas)
Additional Background
Australian Parliament Debates Sunrise Agreement (March 2004)
Key Links
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La'o Hamutuk OilWeb
CD-ROM on East Timor’s Oil and Gas |
Oil and gas under the Timor
Sea between East Timor and Australia are essential to East Timor’s
economic future.
Although these resources will bring much-needed money to East Timor,
they also bring danger. Around the world, oil and gas development often
comes with war, corruption, dictatorship, repression and environmental
destruction.
To help explain these issues, La’o Hamutuk has compiled information and
documents in a “website” which does not require connection to the
internet. Most of OilWeb is English, although it includes much in Bahasa
Indonesia and some Tetum and Portuguese. OilWeb,
version 2.0 updated to January 2005, is now available. includes:
- Overviews, information and analysis
- Complete text of all treaties
and agreements relating to Timor
Sea oil development and boundaries since 1971, as well as the U.N.
Convention on the Law of the Sea.
- Movie “Don’t Rob Their Future”
(English, 17 min.) which
explains the boundary issue in non-technical terms.
- Audio drama
(Tetum, 15 min.)
- Profiles of oil companies and oil fields
,
- Fact Sheets from the governments
, UNTAET and the oil companies
involved in the Timor Sea.
- Australian Parliament hearings and debate
on the Timor Sea
Treaty
- OilWatch Network
information about consequences and popular
resistance, including descriptions of situations, problems, and
resistance from many countries in Asia and around the world.
La’o Hamutuk distributes OilWeb at cost to East Timorese NGOs and
their supporters and for USD $50 to others. It is available from La’o
Hamutuk in Dili or by mail. Contact
La'o
Hamutuk.
In North America order from
ETAN, PO Box
21873, Brooklyn, NY 11202-1873,
elsewhere from La'o Hamutuk. |
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