UNHCR reported the "alarming" increase in the number of deaths at Kobe camp after completing an assessment this week.
The assessment this week by United Nations officials and East Timorese reached by telephone: so far, so good.
The International Security Assistance Force (Isaf) will release another assessment this week, but experts are not expecting any major change.
But the bank's chief economist, Justin Lin, gave a largely upbeat assessment this week, saying that economic recovery will "speed up" after the post-disaster reconstruction period.
The Castan centre published a damning assessment this week of the NT intervention's progress on Close the Gap targets and argued that reducing incarceration rates should be included as a formal target.
"The FPC's assessment this week – in line with that of the chancellor and the governor – is that recent developments in the housing market represent a broadening recovery from low levels of activity, but that we must remain vigilant as that recovery progresses.
