During a brief visit to Timor-Leste, Anthony Albanese and the island nation's PM Kay Rala Xanana Gusmão released a statement affirming the two nations' joint aspirations to see the project progress "as soon as possible."

"Australia will support any commercially viable solution to develop Greater Sunrise proposed by the Sunrise Joint Venture consistent with the Maritime Boundary Treaty.

A funding deal which will see a third of Australia's earnings from the project going to an infrastructure fund for Timor-Leste was also announced.
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As engineers from the Greater Sunrise joint venture project continue to work to decide where the best location is for the all-important LNG processing plant, the Australian prime minister says he will...

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