Australian barrister Bernard Collaery continues to challenge his unnecessary prosecution, which is proceeding on the whim of the Morrison government.
This time, the former ACT attorney general has been railing against the secrecy provisions the nation's ex-chief lawmaker Christian Porter has cloaked his trial in.
Collaery appeared before the ACT Court of Appeal for a two day hearing commencing on 17 May to dispute a never before used National Security Information (NSI) order that's being applied to his case, which requires that large sections of it take place behind closed doors.
The lawyer has been charged under section 39 of the Intelligence Services Act 2001 (Cth) for allegedly assisting former ASIS intelligence officer Witness K disclose information regarding the 2004 Howard government bugging of the East Timorese government offices to that nation and the media.
