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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Coalition staffers took classified documents after election loss, Labor claims in Senate estimates

Former Coalition government services minister Linda Reynolds says she had previously raised the issue herself and challenged Labor’s Ann Urquhart to repeat her claims outside of estimates.
Former Coalition government services minister Linda Reynolds says she previously raised the issue herself and challenged Labor’s Ann Urquhart to repeat her claims outside estimates. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

Former ministerial staff took classified documents from Services Australia in the wake of last year’s election loss, Labor has suggested in Senate estimates.

Under the protection of parliamentary privilege, the Labor senator Anne Urquhart said she had been told two staff from former minister Linda Reynolds’ office were investigated and that the agency detected the office “transferring a large volume of data off the government network”.

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