Labor flags law reforms to stop cases involving national security being cloaked in secrecy
Bernard Collaery welcomes proposed changes as attorney general recognises importance of open justice and public interest
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The federal government has flagged amendments to national security laws to ensure that the near total secrecy that hid the prosecution and imprisonment of a former Australian intelligence officer cannot happen again.
The former government faced persistent criticism of its use of the National Security Information (NSI) Act to enforce extreme secrecy in cases of clear public interest, including the prosecutions of Bernard Collaery, Witness K and the former military lawyer David McBride.
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