[TimorLesteStudies] ​Crocodiles in the Timor Sea Public Lecture State Library 16 Feb 12pm

[Michael Leach]

From: Sara Niner <sara.niner at monash.edu<mailto:sara.niner at monash.edu>>
Subject: Crocodiles in the Timor Sea Public Lecture State Library 16 Feb 12pm

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Crocodiles in the Timor Sea: development and socio-economic implications of the maritime resources dispute
Date: Tuesday 16 February
Venue: State Library of Victoria, 328 Swanston St, Melbourne
Time: 12-2pm
Attendance is free

This forum will explore the development and socio-economic implications of the maritime resources dispute in the Timor Sea. The negotiations that have occurred between Australia, Timor-Leste and Indonesia over the petroleum reserves in the Timor Sea have ongoing impacts on relations between these three close neighbours particularly development of the new nation of Timor-Leste.

The financial implications of current international negotiations and legal disputes are huge. Independent Timorese NGO watchdog Lao Hamutuk, estimates that the total amount of oil revenue received by the Australian government between 1999 and 2014 which they believe should belong to Timor-Leste is just under five billion U.S. dollars (USD$5 000 000 000). The national development implications and the socio-economic impact on the Timorese will be discussed by three speakers with long-term experience in Timor Leste.

Speakers include:
Dr Kirsty Sword Gusmao AO:
Professor Brett Inder: Faculty of Business and Economics, Monash University
Dr Sara Niner, School of Social Sciences, Monash University

This public seminar is hosted by the Anthropology Program in the School of Social Sciences

Registration: Attendance is free but places are limited, so please pre-register for this event by clicking here<https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1WuR74-iiyZgl1EaIqaOXHzGg91QHtafwJX9aZIOVIxY/viewform?usp=send_form>.
For enquiries please email: sara.niner at monash.edu<mailto:sara.niner at monash.edu>
​NB this event is being held the day after the 'Maritime Boundaries in the Timor Sea: Perspectives in International Law' public seminar on February 15. http://www.tlstudies.org/Seminars


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