Daily Media Wrap: Just two days after announcing the government’s rejigged strategy on boat people, Julia Gillard appears to have taken a bizarre back-flip on the whereabouts of her proposed regional processing (read: detention) centre.
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A tale of two Timors
Is East Timor a great example of a young independent nation, with one of the world’s fastest growing economies? Or is it a nation struggling to maintain peace, let alone jobs or roads? It’s both, writes Sara Everingham.
Balibo: the truth is even more brutal
The film Balibo, based on Roger East and the Balibo Five in East Timor, is a fairly accurate historical document of the 1975 invasion, but the real violence was even worse.
Removing Reinado from the East Timor picture
The shooting of East Timor President Jose Ramos Horta yesterday may prove to be a blessing in disguise, writes Damien Kingsbury, because Alfredo Reinado is now out of the picture.
More questions than answers in East Timor
If you’d heard that East Timor president Jose Ramos Horta had been shot, you’d immediately suspect the hand of rebel leader Alfredo Reinado. Ipso facto. But there’s muddying of the waters in the press and across blogs today, writes Jane Nethercote.
East Timor parliamentary elections: Fretilin cut by half
As the counting of votes drags on for East Timor’s parliamentary elections, it is becoming clear that the ruling Fretilin party will have its numbers cut by around half. While Fretilin appears to have improved slightly from its showing in the recent presidential polls, the emerging outcome represents a resounding defeat, writes Damien Kingsbury.
