UN Policing Push: AFP Commissioner Krissy Barrett will urge UN member states to adopt Australia’s “leaner” police peacekeeping training model, citing a successful residential UN-accredited program in Brisbane that upskilled more than 100 Pacific officers including Timor-Leste participants, with a 73% pass rate, and a second 50-officer course starting 27 July. Manpower & Growth: Singapore’s PM Lawrence Wong says Singapore will open construction, marine shipyard, process sectors and selected manufacturing/services occupations to East Timorese workers from next year, aiming to ease Singapore’s manpower needs while supporting Dili’s youth and diversification plans. Legal Cooperation: Vietnam’s Charge d’Affaires met Timor-Leste’s justice minister in Dili to discuss legal affairs, judicial reform, digital transformation, and support for Vietnamese investment, offering lessons from Vietnam’s decades of renewal. Humanitarian Partnership: Caritas Australia welcomed a Timor-Leste delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister Bendito dos Santos Freitas, reaffirming long-running Church-and-community support across conflict recovery and development. Regional Context: ASEAN economic news notes Vietnam and the Philippines moving to upper-middle-income status, leaving Timor-Leste among the remaining lower-middle-income ASEAN members.