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

Penny Wongs 'Whit'-washing of Australias history with Timor-Leste is not useful

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.

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