Anthropologist Michael Rose speaks to The Conversation Weekly podcast about how a official sounded the alarm about organised crime in Timor-Leste.
- Adjuct Lecturer, Adelaide University
Timor-Leste’s government has cancelled all online gambling licenses in response to the allegations, but many are calling for an independent investigation.
Timor-Leste is proud of being rated as the strongest democracy in Southeast Asia, but as it prepares to receive Pope Francis, tensions between activists and the authorities are rising.
On a remote stretch of border between Timor-Leste and Indonesia, a dispute over a remote hamlet is stirring memories of conflict many hoped was behind them.
In a crowded region, it’s hard to know who is doing what, and where. Effective statecraft, though, is not always measured by quantity over quality.
Australia’s Fair Work Commission has struck out a legal loophole allowing employers to pay farm workers exploitative piecemeal rates.
Australia’s farmers may not be able to do without foreign workers coming into the country.
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