Spying fallout: East Timor to tear up oil and gas treaty with Australia

By Daniel Flitton
Updated January 9 2017 - 3:19pm, first published 1:47pm
A protester during a rally last year outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, as dozens of people show their support to East Timor in the dispute over oil and gas revenue-sharing with Australia. Photo: Dita Alangkara
A protester during a rally last year outside the Australian Embassy in Jakarta, as dozens of people show their support to East Timor in the dispute over oil and gas revenue-sharing with Australia. Photo: Dita Alangkara
The decision was announced in a joint statement by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop  and her East Timorese counterpart. Photo: Andrew Meares
The decision was announced in a joint statement by Australian Foreign Minister Julie Bishop and her East Timorese counterpart. Photo: Andrew Meares
Protesters at the Australian embassy in Dili, the capital of East Timor, last year, calling for a final maritime boundary in the Timor Sea. Photo: Wayne Lovell
Protesters at the Australian embassy in Dili, the capital of East Timor, last year, calling for a final maritime boundary in the Timor Sea. Photo: Wayne Lovell

East Timor will abandon the multi-billion dollar oil and gas treaty at the centre of sensational spying claims by Australia.

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