Guest writer Gordon Peake
Gordon Peake is a writer, critic and podcaster based in Washington DC. His book on Timor-Leste won the ACT Book of the Year and Peoples’ Choice Awards 2014. His book on Bougainville will be published in December 2022.
Recent articles by Guest writer Gordon Peake
4 December 2022
Penny Wongs 'Whit'-washing of Australias history with Timor-Leste is not useful
Penny Wongs speech at last months Whitlam oration demonstrated that while Australias relationship with Timor-Leste is swaddled in kind-hearted words, we must not forget that Whitlam gave a nod and a wink to Indonesias invasion of 1975. Whitlams decision continues to haunt Australia.