Dili
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Sep 29, 2026
SallyHOST
It absolutely does.
SallyHOST
But to understand why they might pull this off, you have to look at why people are buying in Dili right now.
SallyHOST
Timor-Leste is undergoing significant geopolitical shifts.
MattHOST
Right.
Steve RossGUEST
One of our, one of your own? Not, not one of our company, but back in Hira, um, which was- Fuck ...
Steve RossGUEST
uh, in, um, just out of Dili, the, the leave center out of Dili.
Steve RossGUEST
Mm.
Steve RossGUEST
One of the young fellas bloody committed suicide.
Steve RossGUEST
So all of a sudden there's this, these millions of dollars of aid money coming in, but they'd had no way to distribute it.
Steve RossGUEST
So I got a job in the projects team, and, um, we jumped in a Unimog.
Steve RossGUEST
We drove up over the highlands from Dili, um, from Suai to Dili, um, went to the hardware stores in Dili, and basically bought up all this bloody carpentry gear and-
JesseHOST
Yeah
Natali PearsonHOST
But we're going to go through the sort of historical issues, the contemporary issues, and then touch on some of the key highlights or the key moments in the campaign in Timor-Leste, 1942, 1943 in particular.
Natali PearsonHOST
But could you help us set the scene for our listeners? Who were the Second Seconds? What was Sparrow Force? And how did they find themselves landing in Dili in December 1941?
Edward WillisGUEST
The second second started off being called the number two Australian independent company.
Edward WillisGUEST
And the title Commando was actually introduced a little bit later on, perhaps in later 1942 when it came into usage.
Edward WillisGUEST
the number two Australian independent company was allocated to what was called Sparrowforce, and they were deployed to Timor.
Edward WillisGUEST
Not just, and you've got to remember that Timor at that stage was a colonial possession of both the Dutch and the Portuguese, with the Portuguese occupying East Timor and the Dutch occupying the West.
Edward WillisGUEST
The particular focus of Allied attention on the island were the two airfields, one located at Copang in Dutch West Timor and the other located in Dili in Portuguese East Timor.
Edward WillisGUEST
They were particularly important strategic assets that the Allies wanted to make sure didn't or wanted to try and make sure didn't fall into Japanese hands.
Natalie PearsonHOST
But we're going to go through the sort of historical issues, the contemporary issues, and then touch on some of the key highlights or the key moments in the campaign in Timor-Leste, 1942, 1943 in particular.
Natalie PearsonHOST
But could you help us set the scene for our listeners? Who were the Second Seconds? What was Sparrow Force? And how did they find themselves landing in Dili in December 1941?
Ed WillisGUEST
The second second started off being called the number two Australian independent company.
Ed WillisGUEST
And the title Commando was actually introduced a little bit later on, perhaps in later 1942 when it came into usage.
Ed WillisGUEST
And a small special group of experts came from Britain to australia and started to train a number of what were called independent companies on wilson's commentary on the southern tip of victoria there there were eight independent australian independent companies created over time and of course the the number one and number two were were two of the first units that actually were created and put into service the number two Australian independent company was allocated to what was called Sparrow Force, and they were deployed to Timor.
Ed WillisGUEST
Not just, and you've got to remember that Timor at that stage was a colonial possession of both the Dutch and the Portuguese, with the Portuguese occupying East Timor and the Dutch occupying the West.
Ed WillisGUEST
The particular focus of Allied attention on the island were the two airfields, one located at Copang in Dutch West Timor and the other located in Dili in Portuguese East Timor.
Ed WillisGUEST
They were particularly important strategic assets that the Allies wanted to make sure didn't, or wanted to try and make sure didn't fall into Japanese hands.
Harry MoffatGUEST
And if you do the Venn diagram, in the middle is where I suppose the adaptive part of that is.
Harry MoffatGUEST
And I think that's what I learned more in Timor-Leste, being... out by yourself in a team in the middle of Timor at Dili.
Harry MoffatGUEST
It's on fire.
Harry MoffatGUEST
There's rat bags running everywhere, criminals running everywhere and people are being killed and there are gunfights.
Aggie TupouHOST
With literacy and learning outcomes still low, more Timorese are asking whether it's time to drop the old policy in favour of Tetum, English and Bahasa Indonesia.
Aggie TupouHOST
Reporter Vanya Vieira travels to Umera Municipality outside the capital, Dili, to ask locals if changing the language of education could mean a brighter future for Timor-Leste.
Vanya VieiraCORRESPONDENT
Every morning, students here at the Insinu Basiku Filial School in Ermera arrive ready to learn.
Vanya VieiraCORRESPONDENT
But for these students, the first challenge is not the lesson.
Clancy RobertsGUEST
... rumor that I got.
Clancy RobertsGUEST
And then, uh, and as we landed, we kind of like didn't know exactly what to expect, and, uh, roll off the back of this Herc in, uh, in Dili, walk off the back, body armor, field gear on my back, like, like a, like an overweight turtle.
Adam BlumHOST
Yeah.
Adam BlumHOST
[laughs]
Adam BlumHOST
Mm
Clancy RobertsGUEST
... for most of that deployment.
Clancy RobertsGUEST
The deployment was, well, I think it was about five and a half months we were in country, and so we, you know, we, you know, we started off doing VCPs kind of in and around Dili but just outside on the outskirts of Dili.
Adam BlumHOST
Mm.
Agi TaloloHOST
During the meeting, negotiators discussed maritime delimitation and unresolved land segment, including the Natuca area in Oecusse.
Agi TaloloHOST
Speaking on his arrival back in Dili, Prime Minister Gusmao says there was good progress, but negotiations remain unresolved.
Xanana GusmaoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
We, in the third round, we did some progress.
Xanana GusmaoSOUNDBITE_SPEAKER
Now, in the fourth, uh, in the fourth round, um, I don't see too much difficulties, but we trust that, um, they have to have a consensus in, uh, what kind of, um, of, how to say, of perspective they have to talk with us.
Belinda JacksonHOST
According to the World Health Organisation, that is why you would visit Whitehorse.
Kirstie BedfordHOST
Coming in third is Dili in Timor-Leste, and Intrepid says Dili is entering a new era of tourism, with new flights, upgraded infrastructure and community-led experiences making it easier than ever to explore.
Kirstie BedfordHOST
And it's one of Southeast Asia's least visited destinations.
Kirstie BedfordHOST
And it's also one of our closest neighbours.
Emily CostaHOST
building on-site gas turbines to support planned two-gigawatt facilities.
Emily CostaHOST
Across the maritime boundary, state-run Timor Gap acquired Osaka Gas's 10% stake in the Greater Sunrise Field, bringing its ownership to 67% as Dili pushes forward with plans for a domestic liquefied natural gas export terminal.
Emily CostaHOST
Finally, in agricultural communities on the frontline of environmental and geopolitical stress, resilience has become a matter of survival.
Emily CostaHOST
Sri Lanka is enduring an extreme El Niño drought, with farming districts facing rainfall deficits reaching 100%.
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