I would prefer that East Timor should rejoin Indonesia and therebye save the long suffering Aussie taxpayer $500 million dollars a year.

I will challenge the previous comments regarding saving Australian tax payer money. today East Timor is 100% budget independent and never even rely on Australia like PNG and other pacific nations. Those donations given to East Timor was purely Australian government's goodwill. Even Australia stops such assistance, it will not never have an impact on East Timor. The rejections by East Timor government to accept refugees processing center in East Timor proves that the country is not bowed to East Timor in return for aid money. So, please update your statistics before providing you comments.

I will challenge the previous comments regarding saving Australian tax payer money. today East Timor is 100% budget independent and never even rely on Australia like PNG and other pacific nations. Those donations given to East Timor was purely Australian government's goodwill. Even Australia stops such assistance, it will not never have an impact on East Timor. The rejections by East Timor government to accept refugees processing center in East Timor proves that the country is not bowed to Australia in return for aid money. So, please update your statistics before providing you comments