Timor-Leste: Maritime Arrangements and Timor-Leste’s Oil Ploy

Nov 28, 2015 | Hamish McDonald, Saturday Paper
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Who owns the petroleum resources of Tasi Mane is now the subject of diplomatic and legal machismo in a dispute between Timor-Leste and its much larger neighbour. Australia is accused of spying, brinkmanship, oppressive legal tactics and resource robbery. Teams of eminent lawyers are arguing it out before arbitrators in The Hague.