Last modified on Wed 17 Mar 2021 16.09 EDT
The Morrison government is likely to exempt submissions to the Jenkins inquiry from freedom of information and archive requirements after a concerted push from a bipartisan group of political staff to ensure that any complaints will be kept confidential.
The Labor leader Anthony Albanese flagged a potential confidentiality problem with the prime minister on Tuesday night after political staff had raised concerns about the risk of their submissions being made public.
Guardian Australia understands the major parties have been in talks about legislating an exemption to address those concerns, but if that’s the landing point, it will require quick action, because the Senate will not be sitting next week.
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