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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Christopher Knaus and Daniel Hurst

Morrison government failed to give Howard-era national security cabinet papers to national archives

Silhouette of Scott Morrison
The Morrison government did not hand over Howard-era cabinet documents to the National Archives of Australia in time for their potential release on 1 January 2024. Photograph: Lukas Coch/AAP

The Morrison government failed to hand over some national security-related cabinet documents from the time of the Iraq war to the National Archives of Australia for potential public release.

The National Archives of Australia on Monday released cabinet papers from 2003, a year most notable for the decision to invade Iraq under then prime minister John Howard.

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