Twenty years after Timor-Leste’s vote for independence led to bloody retaliation from Indonesia, the country’s relationship with Australia remains fraught. John Martinkus on what happened after the ballot and what is happening now. 

Guest: Foreign correspondent John Martinkus.

Background reading: 

Remembering Timor-Leste’s independence in The Saturday Paper

The Saturday Paper

The Monthly

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