Peter Dutton to be referred to national security watchdog over Benbrika case, judge says

Opposition leader Peter Dutton will be referred to the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor by a judge. Photograph: Mike Bowers/The Guardian

The opposition leader, Peter Dutton, may be investigated by the national security watchdog over the failure to disclose a crucial report that could have undermined efforts to impose post-sentence controls on convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika.

The Victorian supreme court justice Elizabeth Hollingworth delivered a judgment on Wednesday that was scathing of Dutton’s handling of the undisclosed report while he was minister for the Australian federal police under the former government.