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> To be frank, that spy scandal is not in the same genre of the other abuses that are being discussed by OP/GP and others.

I don't mind if you are frank, sushicalculus, in fact I welcome it, so long as you are informed.

In the case of East Timor, you should know that Australia was happy to stand by while Indonesia treated the East Timorese similarly to how China treats the Uyghyrs. Australia only acted after the United States lead, and then did its best to weaken the fledgling East Timor government by cheating it out of oil rights.

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/postcolonial-blog...

On the subject of Australian complicity "in the same genre of the other abuses that are being discussed by OP/GP and others", do you know what is happening in West Papua?

https://www.greenleft.org.au/content/west-papua-end-australi...