Australia loses attempt to knock out East Timor's maritime boundary complaint

By Daniel Flitton
Updated September 26 2016 - 10:13pm, first published 9:26pm
Protesters at the Australian embassy in Dili, the capital of East Timor, calling for a final maritime boundary in the Timor Sea. Photo: Wayne Lovell
Protesters at the Australian embassy in Dili, the capital of East Timor, calling for a final maritime boundary in the Timor Sea. Photo: Wayne Lovell

Australia has lost in its claim that an international commission has no jurisdiction to hear a complaint by East Timor in the bitter dispute over undersea oil and gas riches.