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The government agrees Australia’s secrecy laws need to change. Now comes the hard part – taking action

Earlier this year, the Independent National Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), Jake Blight, compared the sheer volume of Australia’s secrecy laws to works of literature.

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Journalists won’t be criminalised for holding some Australian government secrets after law reforms

Attorney general repeals parts of national secrecy laws but does not go as far as independent review recommended

The Guardian - AU

Australia’s former national security watchdog accuses successor of bowing to pressure from attorney general

Grant Donaldson faults Independent Security Legislation Monitor Jake Blight for ‘clarification’ to old annual report which criticised Mark Dreyfus

The Guardian - AU

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Australia’s official definition of ‘terrorism’ to be reviewed for first time since September 11 attacks

Exclusive: Independent monitor to conduct ‘first principles’ review of what constitutes a terrorist act in wake of Bondi and Wakeley stabbing attacks

The Guardian - AU

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

Victorian supreme court justice delivers judgment scathing of Dutton’s failure as a minister to disclose a crucial report during case

The Guardian - AU

Peter Dutton referred to national security watchdog

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton may be investigated by the national security watchdog after a judge referred him over the detainment of Abdul Nacer Benbrika.

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Australia’s surveillance laws: let’s hear from those at the pointy end before the spies

ANU academic Jake Blight, who begins as national security legislation monitor on Monday, says he is interested to hear from groups affected by secrecy provisions

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Home affairs tried to water down report critical of ‘extraordinary’ counter-terror powers, documents reveal

Department engaged researchers to review its preventative detention of terrorists, only to attempt to remove their most serious criticisms

The Guardian - AU

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

Report casting doubt over use of VERA-2R tool in detaining terrorism suspects post-sentencing was not shared with state governments or Legal Aid

The Guardian - AU

Labor flags law reforms to stop cases involving national security being cloaked in secrecy

Bernard Collaery welcomes proposed changes as attorney general recognises importance of open justice and public interest

The Guardian - AU

Home Affairs keeps sensitive report on terrorist assessments hidden from public view

A report criticising how control orders are administered for terrorists once they leave prison is being kept hidden by the Department of Home Affairs for "operational security reasons".

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