Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Foreign Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

or WONG (—) (): In response to the first part of the question, which deals with Timor-Leste, the shadow minister might know, if he actually—and I hope he does—takes the time to familiarise himself, the context of my responses to the media in Timor-Leste. Unlike for many years, we actually have visited. I think the last Australian foreign minister to visit was Ms Bishop, and I had very good private discussions as well as public engagement with the President and with my counterpart, the Minister for Finance. The issue that concerns Timor-Leste, correctly, is the economic and fiscal difficulties they see into the future as the Bayu-Undan field and the Petroleum Fund diminish and the fact that the Greater Sunrise project has been stalled for years. Unlike your government, we will work with them to try to resolve that issue.