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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus and Nino Bucci

Legal Aid lawyers kept in the dark over damning report on terror risk assessment tool

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A 2020 government report which cast doubt over the VERA-2R tool used to support the continuing detention of terrorism suspects was not disclosed to defendants. Photograph: Ian Waldie/Getty Images

Legal Aid lawyers were left oblivious to a damning government-held report which cast doubt on a tool used to try to lock up or control 25 of their clients on the basis they might commit a terrorist offence in the future.

Guardian Australia has revealed serious problems with the way the federal and New South Wales governments have wielded extraordinary powers to detain or control individuals for crimes they have not yet committed.

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