Australia - Indonesia - Timor
The Vanishing - Broadcast date: 18/10/99
After the announcement of the referendum result,
thousands of people of East Timor were killed and
hundreds of thousands became refugees.
Broadcast date: 20/09/99
When the East Timorese voted for independence from
Indonesia on 30 August it was a vote for their own
punishment. On the day our troops leave to head the East
Timor peace-keeping force, Chris Masters' report looks
at the calculation behind the chaos that has led to this
situation.
Broadcast date: 15/03/99
Jakarta's astonishing announcement that they would
consider independence for East Timor sent hopes
soaring. But in the past few months dozens of
pro-independence civilians have been gunned down or
have mysteriously vanished, replacing hope with a
chilling fear that the change of heart means little more
than a change of tactics by the Indonesian military.
Broadcast date: 15/06/98
Was East Timor an unavoidable sacrifice to
Australian-Indonesian big-picture politics? What is our
record on this most personal test of international
relations? And after the fall of Soeharto is an answer at
last in sight?
Broadcast date: 16/03/98
For more than 30 years President Soeharto has delivered
to his country, economic growth. Now, as he begins his
seventh term in office, Indonesia hovers on the brink of
economic collapse.
Of all the magazines I have edited for New Internationalist so far, for
me this issue – Indonesia – has brought out the most extreme emotions...