The Witness K scandal and attempts to cover it up show how there has been bipartisan agreement to let commercial interests dictate Australia's foreign policy.
Former president of Timor-Leste Xanana Gusmão
The illegal bugging of the Timor-Leste cabinet by the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) in 2004, and the efforts of subsequent governments to cover it up, are only a part of the long history of Australia's foreign policy being used for the commercial benefit of resource companies, a new book demonstrates.
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