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The people of Timor-Leste have started voting for a new president today. In Sydney and Darwin, some Timorese-Australians are voting for the first time since the country's independence referendum in 1999. Oscar Nunes is the former president of Darwin's Timorese and Portuguese community group. He spoke to our reporter Felicity James outside the polling station in Darwin, as he prepared to cast his ballot.

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Oscar Nunes, Darwin resident and Timorese Australian

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