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The (CMATS) Treaty (Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea) with Australia La’o Hamutuk Bulletin Vol. 7, No. 1: April 2006

Timor Gap Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the Zone of cooperation in an area between the Indonesian Province of East Timor and Northern Australia (11 December 1989)

Agreement concerning the continued operation of the Treaty between Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on the Zone of Cooperation of 11 December 1989 (the Timor Gap Treaty) (10 Februry 2000)

1972 Seabed Boundaries Agreement between the Commonwealth of Australia and the Republic of Indonesia on Seabed Boundaries in the Area of the Timor and Arafura Seas. (9 October 1972)

Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Republic of Indonesia establishing an Exclusive Economic Zone Boundary and Certain Seabed Boundaries (14 March 1997)

Memorandum of Understanding on arrangements relating to the Timor Gap Treaty (10 February 2000)

Memorandum of Understanding of Timor Sea Arrangement (5 July 2001)

Timor Sea Treaty (20 May 2002)

Agreement Between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste relating to the Unitisation of the Sunrise and Troubadour fields (6 March 2003)

International Court of Justice Declarations Recognizing as Compulsory the Jurisdiction of the Court Australia 22 March 2002 (Withdrawing from Maritime Boundaries Jurisdiction

AUSTRALIAN LEGISLATION
Timor Gap Treaty (Transitional Arrangements) Act 2000

Petroleum (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation) Act No 36 1990

Petroleum (Australia-Indonesia Zone of Cooperation) (Consequential Provisions) Act 1990 No 37 1990

Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) Act 2003

Petroleum (Timor Sea Treaty) (Consequential Amendments) Act 2003

Timor Sea Treaty Designated Authority (Privileges and Immunities) Regulations 2003

AUSTRALIAN COURT JUDGEMENTS

Horta and Others v. The Commonwealth of Australia (1994) 181 CLR 183 (1994) 68 ALJR 620 (1994) 123 ALR 1

Petrotimor Companhia de Petroleos S.A.R.L. v Commonwealth of Australia [2003] FCAFC 3


LEGAL AND ECONOMIC ANALYSES

A study of the offshore petroleum negotiations between Australia, the U.N. and East Timor Author Munton, Alexander J. Institution The Australian National University
Date 2007


Australian Parliament Senate Standing Committee on Treaties Submissions on the CMATS Treaty

Timor-Leste's Petroleum Fund The La’o Hamutuk Bulletin: Vol. 8, No. 1: March 2007

Now you CMATS, now you don’t Dr Mark Byrne 5 March 2007

AUSGOV: Entry into Force of Greater Sunrise Treaties with East Timor

National Interest Analysis [2007] ATNIA 4 Treaty between the Government of Australia and the Government of the Democratic Republic of Timor-Leste on Certain Maritime Arrangements in the Timor Sea

Minding The Timor Gap - Billions of dollars in oil and gas revenues are at stake as Australia continues to bully East Timor out of its undersea energy resources. Faisal Chaudhry in Dollars & Sense

Legal Opinion on East Timor Maritime Boundaries Vaughan Lowe, Chichele Professor of Public International Law, Oxford University; Barrister, Essex Court Chambers, London  Christopher Carleton, Head, Law of the Sea Division, UK Hydrographic Office Christopher Ward, Barrister-at-Law, Wentworth Chambers, Australia Petrotimor

The New Timor Sea Treaty Opinion Regarding Australia's Declarations of 21 March 2002 pursuant to (i) Article 36(2) Statute of the International Court of Justice; and (ii) Article 298(1)(a) 1982 United Nations Convention on the Law of the Sea Dean Bialek Lecturer Law School University of Melbourne

Lao Hamutuk Index to Articles about Oil and Gas

Managing Petroleum Revenue in Timor-Leste: A Brief Explanation Development Bulletin 68 Special Issue: Papers from the 2005 Melbourne Conference ‘Co-operating with Timor-Leste: Ideas for Good Development Practice’ Jennifer Drysdale PhD Student, Australian National University, Canberra, Australia.

General Facts on Timor Sea 2005 ETLJ 4 Dionísio Babo Soares and Francisco da Costa Monteiro

Timor-Leste Maritime Boundary Case 2005 ETLJ 1 Dionísio Babo-Soares et al.

A Settlement to the Timor Sea Dispute? Harvard Asia Quarterly Volume IX, No. 4. Fall 2005  Written by Kathryn Khamsi    

Beneath the Sea: Determining a Maritime Boundary between Australia and East Timor Natalie Bugalski AltLJ Vol 29:6 Dec 2004 — 291

Petroleum Dependency and Petroleum Regime The La’o Hamutuk Bulletin Vol. 6, No. 4: November 2005

Australia and the 'Timor Gap' Martin P.A. Baltyn Supervised by Prof Chris Rizos Edited by Assoc Prof J. M. Rüeger

Conico Phillips Bayu Undan Development Page

Closing the Timor Gap Fairly and in a Timely Manner Frank Brennan SJ 3 September 2004

Santos - Timor Sea Page

Timor Gap dispute highlights motives behind Australian intervention Mike Head 25 October 2000 World Socialist Website

The new Timor Gap Will Australia now break with the past?
Geoffrey A McKee Inside Indonesia April/June 2000 Vol 62

The Timor gap: Who decides who is in control? Denver Journal of International Law and Policy 22 June 1998 Pummell, Brandi J

Timor Sea oil - A Question of Sovereignty 4 May 2005 Sibylle Kaczorek Green Left Online

East Timor - The World Court Mumbles Human Rights Defender

Petroleum Transparency (Includes Petroleum Legal Regime)

East Timor Government Transparency Timor-Leste and the Extractive Industries TransparencyInitiative An Overview from Civil Society Santina Soares and Thomas Freitas to the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative conference Oslo, Norway 16 October 2006