TIMOR: Australian PM visits

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Updated December 14, 2007 20:42:19

The Australian Prime Minister has visited East Timor to lend his support to efforts to stabilise and rebuild the nation after last year's violence. More than 2,000 Australian-led international forces and UN police remain on patrol, deployed to restore and maintain calm after unrest flared on Dili's streets. The violence left 37 people dead and forced 150 thousand people from their homes. The Australian Prime Minister travelled to East Timor after attending talks on climate change in Bali.

Presenter: Anne Barker
Speakers: Anne Barker, Radio Australia's reporter in East Timor.

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