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Pope Francis at the Vatican on Wednesday.

Pope urged to address child sex abuse scandals during Timor-Leste visit

Francis will come face to face with the faithful on his first trip to Timor-Leste where many still don’t believe an independence hero and bishop abused young boys.

  • Niniek Karmini, David Rising and Nicole Winfield

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The Bayu Undan gas fields are nearly depleted and Santos is investigating using them to store carbon dioxide from its Barossa development.

Timor-Leste lays down ultimatum to Santos on gas project negotiations

The company could lose control of its Bayu Undan project on Friday unless it agrees to give Dili a share of the project for free.

  • Peter Milne
Ornella Byak, entrepreneur, charity CEO, volunteer extraordinaire, outside the Rag & Famish Hotel, opposite her alma mater, Monty.

How Ornella’s ‘very expensive education’ in Sydney pushed her to build a school across the Timor Sea

At the age of 14, Ornella Byak had an encounter that shaped the course of her life.

  • Lia Timson
Anthony Albanese’s government is wary of China’s growing influence in the Indo-Pacific.

The $50 billion gas deal Australia hopes will keep China quiet

Australia is offering a multi-billion-dollar lifeline to fast-track an offshore gas project the government hopes will keep Beijing at bay.

  • Andrew Probyn
Shane Warne is farewelled with a traditional Buddhist ceremony on Koh Samui.

Shane Warne and the China factor: One reporter’s tour of South-East Asia

From covering Shane Warne’s tragic death to travelling with Penny Wong to her home town, Chris Barrett saw a bit of everything.

  • Chris Barrett
The turquoise coast of Atauro Island.

Like Bali in the 1970s: This island on our doorstep remains unspoiled

Consistently rated one of the world’s top diving sites, and still unspoiled by mass tourism, Atauro has thankfully avoided becoming a resort destination.

  • Jon Faine
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Cristo Rei of Dili, atop Cape Fatucama, much like Rio de Janiero’s.

A colourful trip back in time to Australia’s northerly neighbour

The Timor-Leste capital Dili’s Catholic Portuguese past is present as soon as we enter the harbour, and its splendour is best taken in by sea.

  • Helen Pitt
East Timor President Jose Ramos-Horta addresses the United Nations General Assembly in New York last month.

China worried security support for Timor would bring ‘overreaction’: Ramos-Horta

Defending his country’s upgrading of ties with Beijing, Timor-Leste President Jose Ramos-Horta says China is “more respectful of Australia’s position than Australia is of the Chinese position”.

  • Chris Barrett
China’s President Xi Jinping meets Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Hangzhou on Saturday.

‘Never discussed’: Timor president denies military cooperation with China

The president defended last week’s strategic deal with Beijing as purely for infrastructure and agriculture investment. His country needs to “feed its people”, he said.

  • Kirsty Needham
China’s President Xi Jinping meets Timor-Leste’s Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao in Hangzhou on Saturday.

Solomon Islands PM shuns Joe Biden as Timor-Leste signs deal with China

China has built ties with small nations in the Pacific, worrying the US, Australia and New Zealand, who have long seen the region as their sphere of influence.

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