@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导@翻了个译，MTI专业辅导AustralianPrimeMinisterGoughWhitlamtoldIndonesiathathisgovernmentwouldnotopposeanannexationofEastTimorin1975,adecisionthatquicklyprovedcontroversialathome.InOctober1975,IndonesiantroopspouredacrossEastTimor'sborderwithIndonesianWestTimoratthetownofBalibo.AmongthosekilledbytheadvancingIndonesiantroopswerefiveAustralia-basedjournalists,whocametobeknownastheBaliboFive.ManyinAustraliaandelsewherewereconvincedthatthemurderoftheunarmedreporterswasintentional.Australiansupportwascriticisedattimes.AustraliaandIndonesiaconcludedseveralcontractsabouttheboundarybetweenTimor-LesteandAustraliaduringoccupationtime,whichiscausingseveralquarrelsbetweenindependentTimor-Lesteanditsbiggerneighbour.Timor-Lestereachievedtheirindependenceon20May2002,after24yearsoccupationbyIndonesiaandthreeyearsofUNadministration.TheprocessofTimor-LesteindependencebeganbyareferendumarrangedbyUnitedNations,IndonesiaandtheformercolonialpowerPortugaltochoosebetweenautonomywithinIndonesiaorindependence.EventuallytheTimor-Lestevotedoverwhelminglyforindependence.
