Mantan Perdana Menteri Timor Leste, Mari Alkatiri, telah ditunjuk pemerintah Dili yang sekarang untuk mengkoordinir perundingan mengenai pengembangan Greater Sunrise.Timor Leste sedang terlibat perundingan yang tegang dengan perusahaan pengembang ladang minyak dan gas, Woodside Petroleum, mengenai lokasi sarana pengolahan gas.Presiden Jose Ramos Horta dalam beberapa minggu belakangan ini mengatakan lebih suka pengembangan itu tidak jadi dilakukan, kalau fasilitas itu tidak dibangun di Timor Leste.Woodside sedang menimbang-nimbang untuk membangunan jaringan pipa ke Darwin, Australia utara, atau membangun sarana terapung di Laut Timor.Timor Leste akan memperoleh 50 persen dari pemasukan dari ladang Greater Sunrise kalau sudah beroperasi. (radioaustralia)
Thursday, November 27, 2008
Monday, November 17, 2008
Gas plant chief's threat to move to East Timor
THE natural gas industry has made a last-minute call for compensation under an emissions trading scheme, as the Federal Government puts its finishing touches to the system.
The chief executive of Woodside, Don Voelte, threatened to put a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas plant on a ship in East Timorese waters, rather than Australian, unless the company was granted compensation.
The Government has so far been adamant that LNG would not be eligible for compensation, but Woodside has lobbied aggressively for a change.
Yesterday, the Minister for Industry, Kim Carr, hinted that the Government had listened to concerns raised by the industry since a green paper on the scheme was made public in July."I'm confident we can get through this without serious difficulties in terms of ensuring that we have a well-designed program that protects the Australian economy and at the same time protects our environment," he told Network Ten.
Mr Voelte has argued that LNG exporters should be considered in the same light as other exporters whose international competitors do not have to pay for a carbon trading scheme.
Mr Carr would not rule out changes to the compensation details that were announced in July. The final version of the scheme will be unveiled in a white paper in the next three weeks. (smh)
The chief executive of Woodside, Don Voelte, threatened to put a multibillion-dollar liquefied natural gas plant on a ship in East Timorese waters, rather than Australian, unless the company was granted compensation.
The Government has so far been adamant that LNG would not be eligible for compensation, but Woodside has lobbied aggressively for a change.
Yesterday, the Minister for Industry, Kim Carr, hinted that the Government had listened to concerns raised by the industry since a green paper on the scheme was made public in July."I'm confident we can get through this without serious difficulties in terms of ensuring that we have a well-designed program that protects the Australian economy and at the same time protects our environment," he told Network Ten.
Mr Voelte has argued that LNG exporters should be considered in the same light as other exporters whose international competitors do not have to pay for a carbon trading scheme.
Mr Carr would not rule out changes to the compensation details that were announced in July. The final version of the scheme will be unveiled in a white paper in the next three weeks. (smh)
Sunday, November 16, 2008
Australian PM influenced Indonesian president's decision on East Timor
The former Indonesian President, B.J. Habibie has revealed he was pushed into making a quick decision on East Timor's independence because of a letter from Australia's Prime Minister at the time, John Howard.In 1998 Mr Howard suggested the East Timorese be given the chance to vote on independence in ten years.It was a major change in Australia's policy.Mr Howard has told the Australian Broadcasting Corporation's TV Program, The Howard Years, he didn't think it would lead to a fast change in Indonesia's stance.Doctor Habibie told the same program he wasn't pleased by the suggestion that he resolve the matter over time."That means prepare them for 10 years or whatever and then after that give them their independence. ""So as I read that I was upset. It is John Howard who make me make a quick decision." (australianetwork)
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