The forgotten Timorese boat people

In 1995, long before the 2001 'Tampa' refugee crisis, a small fishing boat arrived in Darwin, carrying eighteen East Timorese asylum seekers, including a six-month-old baby. The boat's arrival, and the activism of the passengers and their supporters in Australia, tested Australia's relationship with Indonesia in the last years of the Suharto regime.Guests: Vannessa Hearman, Associate professor of history, Curtin University, Perth. Southeast Asia specialist, especially Indonesia and Timor-Leste. Author of ‘The Good Sea: the journey of Tasi Diak and the Politics of Refugee Protection in Australia’ (MUP) Jose da Costa, East Timorese/Australian activist, was on the Tasi Diak voyage, fleeing East Timor. Actor and documentary maker Producer: Ann Arnold