Spying fallout: East Timor to tear up oil and gas treaty with Australia
East Timor will abandon the multibillion-dollar oil and gas treaty at the centre of sensational spying claims by Australia.
Daniel Flitton is senior correspondent for The Age covering foreign affairs and politics. He is a former intelligence analyst for the Australian government and was at one-time a university lecturer specialising in international relations.
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