Offshore Energy & Engineering: Fugro won two more Timor-Leste Ministry of Petroleum and Mineral Resources contracts—major heavy geotechnical and metocean surveys—for the Greater Sunrise TLNG export pipeline and the Bayu-Undan Pipeline Highway, with fieldwork planned to start in Q1 2027 after earlier geophysics, using deepwater seabed/subsurface data to guide route selection and future engineering. Trade, Tourism & Payments: Indonesia is expanding cross-border QR payments via Bank Indonesia’s QRIS Antarnegara programme and launching the Indonesia Travel Pack to make international travel and SME transactions smoother—another sign regional commerce is moving toward interoperable, consumer-friendly rails. Labour Mobility: Australia confirmed Timor-Leste as one of 10 eligible countries for its Pacific Australia Labour Mobility (PALM) scheme, opening legal work placements for Pacific and Timor-Leste citizens. Local Industry & Women-Led Production: Timor-Leste is pushing women-owned enterprises to shift from informal retail into locally based food and other production, aiming for more added value and less import reliance. Diplomacy for Business: Kazakhstan and Timor-Leste established diplomatic relations, with talks flagged for cooperation in trade, logistics, energy, digitalization, tourism and agriculture.