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Crossbench senator pushes to fix ‘shameful’ historic wrong against Timor-Leste
Centre Alliance’s Rex Patrick wants to overturn the decisions that limit Australia’s exposure to international courts
The crossbench senator Rex Patrick will push to fix a historic wrong stemming from the “shameful” treatment of Timor-Leste during oil and gas negotiations by overturning decisions that limit Australia’s exposure to international courts.
In 2002, the then Howard government decided to limit Australia’s acceptance of the compulsory jurisdiction of the international court of justice and international tribunal for the law of the sea.
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