Australia needs to be East Timor’s friend, not foe

By Nick Xenophon
Updated August 3 2015 - 10:33am, first published 10:31am
FAIR DEAL: A maritime border between Australia and East Timor would allow the smaller nation to share in the $40 billion in oil and gas resources under the Timor Sea.
FAIR DEAL: A maritime border between Australia and East Timor would allow the smaller nation to share in the $40 billion in oil and gas resources under the Timor Sea.

EAST Timor is one of the world's youngest and poorest countries located just off our north-west coast. Approximately 45 per cent of its children under five years of age are malnourished; every second day an East Timorese woman dies during child birth – one of the highest death rates in Asia.

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