Australia accused of ‘disgraceful’ bid to keep Timor-Leste bartering negotiations secret
Senator Rex Patrick says release of decades-old cabinet papers won’t further damage Timor relationship after spying and prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery
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The federal government has been accused of making a “disgraceful” attempt to cast secrecy over a case relating to Australia’s negotiations with Timor-Leste in the years prior to the controversial bugging operation revealed by Witness K and Bernard Collaery.
Last year, independent senator Rex Patrick challenged a decision not to release archived cabinet documents setting out Australia’s strategy for bartering with its impoverished ally on the Timor Sea maritime boundary in the early 2000s.
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