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Timor-Leste and Australia: Parseria, Paz, Progresu (Partnership, Peace, Progress) 1999-2019

• Over 3,400 Timorese workers accessed seasonal employment in Australia since 2012
• New maritime boundary treaty
• 2 new patrol boats in 2023
• 5,521 ADF personnel deployed to INTERFET
• 216 Australian volunteers since 2011
• AUD100.7 million in official development assistance in 2019-20
• Helped rehabilitate and improve 552km of Timor-Leste's rural roads since 2012
• Over 350 Australia Awards Scholarships since 1999
• 200 New Colombo Plan students in 2019
• Teacher training in 381 primary schools, benefiting more than 35,000 children since 2016
• Increased incomes for 6,190 people (50% women) in 2018-19
• 50,000+ mothers connected with better quality ante- and post-natal care since 2014
• AUD2 billion Australian Infrastructure Financing Facility for the Pacific and Timor-Leste
• 33 partnerships strengthening local business
• Supported communities to build over 1,400 village projects since 2013
• Over 700 Timorese Police Officers trained in new training centres established across Timor-Leste since 2018
• Provided over 32,000 services to survivors of gender-based violence 2014-2018
• Over 1,500 Australian Police have served in Timor-Leste since 1999