Peter Dutton and home affairs department cleared of wrongdoing in case involving Melbourne terrorist

Abdul Benbrika, an Algerian-born Muslim cleric, was sentenced in 2009 to a minimum of 12 years in prison for directing a terrorist organisation in Melbourne. Photograph: AP

Peter Dutton and the home affairs department have been cleared of wrongdoing over what a judge described as “a serious interference with the administration of justice” in a court case involving Melbourne terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika.

But the independent review clearing Dutton and his former department will not be released publicly, Guardian Australia has confirmed.