Peter Dutton to be referred to national security watchdog over Benbrika case, judge says

Victorian supreme court justice delivers judgment scathing of Dutton’s failure as a minister to disclose a crucial report during case

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The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, may be investigated by the national security watchdog over the failure to disclose a crucial report that could have undermined efforts to impose post-sentence controls on convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika.

The Victorian supreme court justice Elizabeth Hollingworth delivered a judgment on Wednesday that was scathing of Dutton’s handling of the undisclosed report while he was minister for the Australian federal police under the former government.

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