AUSTRALIA'S only Democratic Labor Party (DLP) Senator John Madigan is off to East Timor on a fact-finding visit to get a better understanding of the problems facing fledgling nation.
The privately organised and funded trip is the Senator's second venture outside Australia. He visited Europe last year.
He goes to East Timor on Monday and returns on Thursday.
Senator Madigan, elected at the 2010 poll, was the first DLP federal senator in almost four decades. He said the party had long been concerned about the plight of East Timor and also West Papua.
"I felt that to do the subject justice, to help us to have a better understanding of the plight of the East Timorese and the fledgling nation, it was incumbent upon me to go there," he told AAP.
"This my attempt to help shape the DLP's outlook on what's there. It's a part of practising what you preach."
During the visit, Senator Madigan will meet various East Timorese government officials and representatives of schools, churches and non-government organisations.
"I think the best thing to do is to talk to the people at the coalface," he said.
Senator Madigan's visit follows that of Defence Minister Stephen Smith who was in Dili on Friday, meeting the country's leaders including President Taur Matan Ruak and Prime Minister Xanana Gusmao.
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