Barrister and former ACT Attorney-General Collaery is facing jail time for allegedly helping his client, the ex-Australian Security Intelligence Organisation agent, known as Witness K, reveal information about Australia’s bugging of East Timor’s government during commercial negotiations to carve up oil and gas resources in the Timor Sea.
Connelly, who is part of Timor Sea Justice Forum, attended a number of rallies that morning, which ended at Sydney Town Hall steps where attendees donned cloth hoods to emphasise the repressive nature of the trials of the two defendants.
“Australians denounce the extremely secretive nature of these prosecutions. The undue secrecy is not in the interests of national security, but is an attempt to conceal the disgrace of the Australian government’s spying on its impoverished trading partner, Timor-Leste, in 2004,” Connolly said. “Witness K and Bernard Collaery deserve Australia’s highest honours for their courage and integrit
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It seems that Shane Wright has been drinking the Kool-Aid left behind by Mathias âdebt and deficit disasterâ Cormann (âAn ocean of debtâ, May 15-16). The economy has not âbounced backâ after COVID-19, as some suggest. Rather, it has been dragged into better shape by massive government spending â but it is still far from healthy. Even the current Treasurer has acknowledged that âthe best way to fix the budget is to fix the economyâ. Full employment and price stability must always be our goals. Budget surpluses or deficits are simply a record of whether the private sector or the government has had to do the heavy lifting. -
National security vs the public s right to know. I feel we re living in very dangerous times here in Australia.one day we ll wake up and wonder how on earth we got here. MP
In a Canberra court room one of the most controversial trials ever to be held in Australia will soon get under way. The case is highly sensitive, with key evidence central to the allegations unlikely to ever be heard by the public. This could be.one of the most secretive trials in Australian history. Former judge
A former spy and his lawyer have been charged with conspiring to reveal secret information relating to an Australian intelligence operation aimed at a friendly foreign government.