east timor

what's really happening in East Timor? It's so easy to see the video footage of riots and shake our heads in disbelief. It's all so depressingly familiar. Yet I can't help but shake the feeling that Australia is somehow more involved that we realise. An interesting article in the The Age today by Helen Hill on our role in destabilising the East Timor Prime Minister (no not Xanana, the other one, Mari Alkatiri). Find it here, it's worth a read.

Just like Liliana asked about the current hype behind Aboriginal communities, I wonder what role our media is playing. Hmmm