Foreign Affairs Minister Penny Wong has warned that one of Australia’s closest and poorest neighbours faces significant financial independence challenges, underlining the need to develop a new gas project in the Timor Sea with partner Woodside Energy.
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta is due to meet Prime Minister Anthony Albanese in Canberra this week and will speak at the national press club on Wednesday.
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John Kehoe is economics editor at Parliament House, Canberra. He writes on economics, politics and business. John was Washington correspondent covering Donald Trump’s first election. He joined the Financial Review in 2008 from Treasury. Connect with John on Twitter. Email John at jkehoe@afr.com
