Tag: Timor-Leste politics
New Caledonia, French Polynesia at UN decolonisation seminar in Dili
By Patrick Decloitre, RNZ Pacific correspondent French Pacific desk
New Caledonia and French Polynesia have sent strong delegations this week to the United Nations Pacific...
Helen Hill: for social justice and Timor-Leste’s independence
COMMENTARY: By Sandy Yule
When Melbourne-born Helen Hill, an outstanding social activist, scholar and academic, died on 7 May 2024 at the age of 79,...
How former Greens MP Keith Locke often became a voice for...
OBITUARY: By Philip Cass of Kaniva Tonga
A New Zealand politician and human rights activist with a strong connection to Tonga’s Democracy movement and other...
Timor-Leste’s opposition party wins election ‘punishing’ ruling Fretilin coalition
ABC Pacific Beat
Timor-Leste independence hero Xanana Gusmao has won the parliamentary election, but the country's first president may contest the count after his party...
Timor-Leste is at the polls, here’s how Australia can support its democracy
ANALYSIS: By Melissa Conley Tyler, The University of Melbourne and Andrea Fahey, Australian National University
Today is election day in Timor-Leste, when voters are deciding...
