(From a radio interview, 27 September) http://www.pm.gov.au/media/pressrel/1999/foxtel2709.htm LAWS: Do you think we should have done something about it earlier? HOWARD: I don�t think we could have done any more. Both sides of politics for a long time�went along with basically turning a blind eye to East Timor. Now I said that in Parliament today, both sides did, and there�s no point in sort of going over that now. * * * * * >From Australian Senate Hansard, 5 December, 1988 EAST TIMOR Notice of Motion Senate Hansard Page 3430 Senator JEAN JENKINS (Western Australia)--I give notice that, on the next day of sitting, I shall move: That the Senate-- (a) notes that Wednesday, 7 December 1988, is the anniversary of the Indonesian invasion of East Timor in 1975; (b) notes that the Australian Government shamefully recognised East Timor as a part of Indonesia in 1978; (c) regards the Indonesian occupation of East Timor as an act of unjustified conquest of a neighbouring state to which Indonesia has no historic, cultural or ethnic claim; and (d) calls on the Government to adopt the recommendations of the European Parliament, of 15 September 1988, which affirm the right of East Timor to self-determination and condemn the continuing occupation of East Timor by Indonesia. * * * * >From Australian Senate Hansard. 5 December, 1989 EAST TIMOR Notice of Motion Senate Hansard Page 3848 Senator JEAN JENKINS (Western Australia)--I give notice that, on the second day of sitting after this day, I shall move: That the Senate-- (a) notes that 7 December 1989, is the anniversary of the invasion and occupation of East Timor by Indonesia in 1975; (b) notes that a debt of honour is owed by Australia to the people of East Timor by virtue of the unconstrained assistance and loyalty directed by that people to Australian military forces during World War II, and to the heavy loss of civilian lives incurred in that exercise; (c) acknowledges that representatives of the indigenous people of East Timor visited Canberra on Monday, 27 November 1989, and called on Australia to repay its debt of honour and to revoke the toleration extended by successive Australian governments to the illegal and oppressive military occupation of their country by Indonesia; (d) supports the resolution adopted by the European Parliament on 15 September 1988 which condemned the Indonesian action, demanded an end to violation of the human rights of the East Timorese people and confirmed that people's right of self-determination and independence; and (e) urges the Australian Government to take political action to secure the withdrawal of Indonesian troops as a necessary precondition for self-determination. [Her commemorations of the invasion anniversary could not be continued, since Senator Jenkins was not re-elected in 1990, being opposed by the election preferences of both major parties.] ---------------------------------------------------------------- This is the Neither public email list, open for the public and general discussion. To unsubscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=unsubscribe To subscribe click here Mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]?Subject=subscribe For information on [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.neither.org/lists/public-list.htm For archives http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]
