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Record Nr.

UNINA9910794755903321

Autore

McGrath Kim

Titolo

Crossing the line : Australia's secret history in the Timor Sea / / Kim McGrath

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Carlton, Victoria : , : Redback Quarterly, , 2017

©2017

ISBN

1-925435-74-1

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (110 pages) : illustrations, maps

Disciplina

333.8232

Soggetti

Offshore oil industry

Offshore gas industry - Timor Sea

Timor-Leste Relations Australia

Australia Relations Timor-Leste

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Sommario/riassunto

With explosive new research and access to never-before-seen documents, Kim McGrath tells the story of Australia's secret agenda in the Timor Sea, exposing the ruthlessness of successive governments. Australia did nothing to stop Indonesia's devastating occupation of East Timor, when - on our doorstep - 200,000 lives were lost from a population of 650,000. Instead, our government colluded with Indonesia to secure more favourable maritime boundaries. Even today, Australia claims resources that, by international law, should belong to its neighbour - a young country still recovering from catastrophe and in desperate need of income. Crossing the line is a long-overdue exposé of the most shameful episode in recent Australian history.