
ETAN demonstrates at Australian
Embassy in Washington, DC on June 7, 2004.
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Timor Sea, Boundaries and Oil
"Today, with the ending of occupation
by Indonesia, we come up against the wrongful seizure of our
natural resources by Australia."
-- President Xanana Gusmão,
April 2004
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Order from ETAN
Crossing the Line: Australia’s Secret History in the Timor Sea
by Kim McGrath |
"Unless we
can agree on this boundary, we do not know where the limits of our new country
are -- nor can we exploit all the resources that
are rightfully ours. The future economic independence of Timor Leste [East
Timor] relies on using these natural resources --
in an ecologically responsible and sustainable way."
--Tomas Freitas, La'o Hamutuk,
February 2004, World Social Forum, Mumbai,
India
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2003 2002

2019
MKOTT: Public Statement on the Prosecution
Against Witness K and Bernard
Collaery by the Australian Government
(August 28)
2018
MKOTT: Public Statement on the
Prosecution Against Witness K and Bernard Collaery by the Australian
Government (July 20)
2017
ETAN: U.S. Congress supports
Timor-Leste's right to a fair maritime boundary with Australia
(August 1)

ETAN
Submission to the Joint Standing Committee on Treaties of the Australian
Parliament inquiry on Consequences of termination of the Treaty on Certain
Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea (March 7)
2016
Graduate
Students of the University of Peace Write to Australia
(April 2)
MKOTT's
Declarations to the Governments of Australia and Timor-Leste
(March 22)
MKOTT: Appeal to the people of Timor-Leste
(March 18, 2016)
MKOTT:
The Movement
Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea Calls For an End to Australian Occupation
Videos of TLSA
public seminars on the Maritime Boundary dispute: 'Maritime Boundaries
in the Timor Sea: Perspectives in International Law' (Monday 15 February) &
'Crocodiles in the Timor Sea: development and socio-economic implications
of the maritime resources dispute' (Tuesday 16 February).
Topics
and speakers include Perspectives in International Law,
Australia and Timor-Leste government Perspectives; Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmao:
Professor Brett Inder: Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University;
Dr Sara Niner, School of Social Sciences, Monash University; Ambassador
of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste to Australia, Abel Guterres;
2015
TLGov:
Timor-Leste welcomes the commitment of the Australian Labor Party to engage
on the issue of Maritime Borders if elected to Government (July),
Resolution text
TLGov: The
Council for the Final Delimitation of Maritime Boundaries (PDF, July)
TIMFO:
Time for FAIR BORDERS in the Timor Sea (PDF, July)
2014
International Court of Justice:
Questions relating to the Seizure and Detention of Certain Documents and
Data (Timor-Leste v. Australia) (January)
video archive of January 20-22 hearing before World Court in The Hague
TSJC:
Grassroots campaign urges Australian PM to intervene to settle Timor oil
dispute (January 22)
RFI:
East Timor sues Australia over an oil and gas treaty (interview with
ETAN's John M. Miller (January 22)
A23 INV INTL Timor Oz - John Miller, national coordinator East
Timor and Indonesia Action Network, NY, NY, USA
(05:58)
2013
Statement by Movement
Against the Occupation of the Timor Sea (December 5)
ASIO Raids Designed to Show Timor Who's Boss by Frank Brennan (December
5)
The 40-year Battle Over Timor's Oil (by Paul Cleary) (December 5)
Time for the Australian Government to finish the job and establish permanent
maritime boundaries with East Timor (November 27)
LH Analysis of how much money Australia has stolen (English/Tetum)
from Timor-Leste for the Laminaria-Corallina oil field (January)
2010
La’o Hamutuk:
Oilwatch Southeast Asia Regional Meeting presentations
and statement (also Tetum)
(July)
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:
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Issue focus: CMATS Treaty with Australia (April)
L a'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)
Additional Background
Oxfam, Community Aid Abroad:
Two years on… What future for an independent East Timor?
(05/20/04)
ABC Four Corners:
"Rich
Man, Poor Man" on Timor Boundary (05/10/04)
Australian
Parliament Debates Sunrise Agreement (March 2004)
Key Links
La'o Hamutuk OilWeb
CD-ROM on East Timor’s Oil and Gas
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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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