Labor concerned about apparent national security committee ‘leak’ in book on Morrison government

Labor MP Peter Khalil, the chair of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security, says he is concerned at what appears to be ‘a leak’. Photograph: Mick Tsikas/AAP

The government’s new chair of the intelligence and security committee, Peter Khalil, says he is “absolutely concerned” about what appear to be leaks from the national security committee of cabinet contained in a recently published book.

Plagued, which was written by Simon Benson and Geoff Chambers and revealed how Scott Morrison appointed himself to multiple ministries in his government, also contained details of previously secret deliberations of Australia’s national security committee (NSC) of cabinet.