ACT supreme court upholds commonwealth’s claim that release of some documents could jeopardise ‘security and defence of Australia’

cross-posted from: https://feddit.nl/post/6454045

Whistleblower David McBride has pleaded guilty to three charges after an ACT supreme court upheld a commonwealth intervention to withhold key evidence it deemed as having the potential to jeopardise “the security and defence of Australia” if released.

The former military lawyer’s team suffered a blow on Thursday after they lost a legal bid to overturn a ruling by Justice Mossop preventing McBride from arguing he was fulfilling his duty to the public interest in releasing the classified documents.

  • WhatAmLemmy@lemmy.world
    11·
    1 year ago

    Sounds like a Kangaroo court. If the government can play the “national security” card to withhold evidence over war crimes, any prosecution of the whistleblower should be null and void.