
The flight from Darwin to Dili takes barely an hour and a half. Cabin service starts before the seatbelt light’s switched off and descent is…

Celebrating an independence vote in the country I called home Dili in August is always dry, dusty, tired; parched brown after months without rain and…

Is this what the birth of a nation looks like? A rushed ballot in a half-filled parliament? A unilateral declaration of independence without any assurances…