ACT court yet to release sentencing details of man secretly convicted and detained, despite approval

Attorney general Mark Dreyfus has cleared for release the documents in the case of Alan Johns, also known as Witness J, but court yet to publish

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The sentencing details of a man secretly convicted and detained in a Canberra prison have been cleared for release by the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, but the ACT supreme court is yet to publish them.

The independent national security legislation monitor (INSLM), Grant Donaldson, revealed in his 2021-22 annual report that in June 2021 he prepared a redacted version of sentencing remarks about Alan Johns, also known as Witness J, which are yet to be published.

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