'If the government were able to quietly orchestrate Julian Assange’s return to Australia & put an end to the miserable pursuit of “#WitnessK”& #BernardCollaery, not only would it serve justice, it would make millions feel better about...
'..the ACT Court of Appeal ruled that requiring large parts of the case against #BernardCollaery to be held behind closed doors created a real risk of damaging public confidence in the legal system'
#auspol
‘Win for transparency’: 'Sensitive details surrounding Australia’s alleged bugging operation of #EastTimor will be heard in public..'
#BernardCollaery
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'..to overturn the Court of Appeal’s ruling that the trial should go ahead in open court.
On every front, the Attorney-General is fighting to keep this case secret. Why?'
#BernardCollaery #auspol
'Immediately after the decision was delivered, the Attorney-General’s lawyers applied to have large parts of it redacted.
In other words, the government wants a judgment that said no to secrecy to itself be secret'
#BernardCollaery
#Auspol
'In early October, the ACT Court of Appeal refused to allow the trial of whistleblower #BernardCollaery to go ahead in secret, behind closed courtroom doors'
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'The #Collaery case is, perhaps, the most important case ever brought before the Australian courts concerning the extent and limits of freedom of public and political communication in this country'
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#BernardCollaery
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'Human Rights Law Centre senior lawyer Kieran Pender said in a statement..there was “no public interest in prosecuting #whistleblowers”.
“There is no public interest in prosecuting Witness K, or his lawyer #BernardCollaery,” he...
