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East Timor: Australia
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AusAID’s development assistance budget to East Timor in 2006-07 was $43.6 million. Due to the unrest in April/May 2006 and the subsequent humanitarian crisis, Australia’s spending on Official Development Assistance (ODA) increased to an estimated $74.8 million. Australia’s ODA budget for East Timor in 2007-08 is $72.8 million.
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East Timor is about half of a pissant little island on the edge of Indonesia. It is only about 400 km north of Australia, so the capital, Dili, is by far the closest place to Darwin with more than one pub. Thirsty Darwinians sick of their own locals have been know to catch a dugong across the Torres Strait just to enjoy a change of scene while imbibing a few tall, frosty tins of amber nectar (bloody VB, of course).
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During the next few years East Timor will continue to depend on the donor community to meet its core operating costs and social development needs. Projected Timor Sea's oil and gas revenues are higher than expected due to the current historical high price levels. However, the uncertainty of the current price and the outcome of treaty negotiations with Australia continue to make future revenue in the short term difficult to predict. Furthermore, the low level of domestic and foreign investment hinders the ability of the GoET to collect revenue. The GoET's core budget is expected to be fully financed from its own resources by FY 2008 or FY 2009.
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East Timor joined the United Nations on September 27, 2002. It is pursuing membership in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) and became a member of the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF) in July 2005. East Timor's foreign policy has placed a high priority on its relationships with Indonesia; regional friends such as Malaysia and Singapore; and donors such as Australia, the United States, the European Union, Japan, and Portugal.
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Relative Location East Timor is located in both the eastern and southern [H]emispheres. Positioned to the north of Australia, it sits in Southeast Asia, at the southeastern edge of the Indonesian archipelago on the island of Timor. It's directly bordered by Indonesia (West Timor), and by the Sava Sea and Timor Sea.
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East Timor is located 400 miles northwest of Australia, at the eastern end of the Indonesian archipelago. The western half of the island was a Dutch colony until 1945, when it became part of Indonesia.
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