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political reporter Tom Lowrey

Secret report condemns orders keeping convicted terrorist Abdul Nacer Benbrika in prison

Abdul Nacer Benbrika became the first convicted terrorist subject to a continuing detention order in 2020. (ABC)

A scathing review of tools used by Australian authorities to measure the risk posed by terrorists once they have completed their prison sentence has been made public after being kept hidden for years.

The Department of Home Affairs refused repeated calls to release the 2020 report, authored by ANU academic Emily Corner, after it was first revealed to criticise the two tools, known as VERA-2R and Radar.

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