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Articles – Bernard Collaery and Witness K

Paul Gregoire, Government Will Keep its Crimes a Secret, While Continuing to Prosecute Whistleblowers, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 11 August 2022.

Kathryn Kelly and Susan Connelly, Put Porter’s legacy to rest – and get Assange home, Canberra Times, 12 July 2022, published here from PENMelbourne website.

Christopher Knaus, ‘Witness K and Bernard Collaery are heroes’: how Australia made two men pay for its dirty secrets, the Guardian, 9 July 2022.

KIeran Pender, On trial for telling the truth, the Saturday Paper, 9 July 2022.

Jack Waterford, Bernard Collaery never belonged in the dock, but the politicians, spooks and executives did, Canberra Times, 8 July 2022.

Kieran Pender, Whistleblowing and the high cost of speaking up. LSJ online, 1 July 2022.

Paul Gregoire, Albanese Must Step Up and Fight for Assange, as UK Greenlights Extradition, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 21 June 2022.

Christopoher Knaus, Crossbenchers urge new attorney general to end prosecution of Bernard Collaery, The Guardian, 3 June, 2022.

Bernard Keane, More than halting the unjust Collaery trial awaits Mark Dreyfus, Crikey, 1 June, 2022.

Paul Gregoire, Collaery Trial Date Set: Federal Government Continues to Prosecute Whistleblowers, Sydney Criminal Lawyers, 31 May 2022.

Adam Hughes Henry – AAPP, Whistleblowers beware, Pearls and Irritations, 31 May 2022.

Shane Dowling, Scott Morrison appointed former Labor MP and Woodside executive Gary Gray as Ambassador to Ireland to cover up the East Timor bugging scandal, Kangaroo Court of Australia, 29 May, 2022.

Christopher Knaus, José Ramos-Horta accuses Alexander Downer of ‘distorting’ issues around 2004 Timor-Leste bugging, The Guardian, 28 May 2022.

Elizabeth Byrne, Bernard Collaery’s trial date set for October, against his wishes, as dispute with federal government drags on, ABC News, 26 May 2022.

Blake Foden, ACT Supreme Court lists trial of lawyer Bernard Collaery for October, 26 May, 2022.

Greg Barnes, Time for change – the Attorney General and the AAT, Pearls and Irritations, 25 May, 2022.

Christopher Knaus, Mark Dreyfus flags Bernard Collaery case as priority if appointed attorney general, the Guardian, 24 May 2021.

Chris Barrett, ‘In their strategic interest’: Ramos-Horta calls on Australia to spend big in East Timor, SMH, 23 May 2022.

Susan Connelly, It’s time for an ICAC, Pearls and Irritations, 20 May 2022.

Bernard Keane, Illegal bugging of Timorese not relevant: court ruling smashes whistleblower Bernard Collaery, Crikey, 18 May 2022.

Elizabeth Byrne, Judge orders trial date be set as Bernard Collaery asks to call more evidence from former East Timor presidents, ABC News, 18 May 2022.

Bernard Keane, The legal playing field has tilted sharply against Bernard Collaery, Crikey, 17 May, 2022.

Dominic Giannini, Judge rules spying lawfulness not relevant, Canberra Times, 16May 2022.

Christopher Knaus, Government successfully blocks Bernard Collaery from obtaining documents on legality of spy mission, The Guardian, 16 May 2022.

Alexandra Smith, ICAC commissioner slams kangaroo court claims as ‘deeply offensive’ 2 May, 2022.

Bernard Keane, Dreyfus attacks Collaery prosecution: ‘an affront to the rule of law’, Crikey, 2 May 2022.

Senator Rex Patrick, Morrison government’s last secrecy hurrah attorney-general orders tribunal hearing on east timor documents to be held, Mirage online, 1 May, 2022.

Binoy Kampmark, Bernard Collaery’s War Against Secret Trials, International Policy Digest, 22 April, 2022.

Bernard Keane, Dave Sharma, Timor-Leste and the importance of speaking power to truth, Crikey, 22 April, 2022. (contact aapolpros@gmail.com if you can’t read it and want to.)

Elizabeth Byrne, High Court judges delay considering whether to release secret evidence in Bernard Collaery conspiracy trail, ABC News, 13 April 2022.

Toby Vue, High Court decision to hear Attorney-General’s application for special leave to appeal ACT judgment of Bernard Collaery adjourned, Canberra Times, 13 April 2022.

Kerry Smith, High Court defers decision on Collaery case, Green Left Weekly, 13 April, 2022.

Kathryn Kelly, Why it’s imperative we fight ‘state capture’, Canberra Times, 21 February, 2022.

Susan Connelly, Australians quick to forget terrible wartime price paid by Timorese saviours, Pearls & Irritations, 19 February, 2022.

Peter Stanley, Remembering Darwin … and Timor, February 1942, P & I, 17 February, 2022.

Sarah Basford Canales, Bernard Collaery, Witness K legal bill hits $4.2m as Cabinet documents remain in ‘black hole of shameful secrets, Canberra Times, 17 February, 2022.

Toby Vue, Bernard Collaery’s lawyer argues in ACT court against ‘inadvertent disclosure’ of sensitive govt information, Canberra Times, 10 February, 2022.

Christopher Knaus, Alexander Downer called Timor-Leste an ‘open book’ for Australia in 2000, tribunal hears. the Guardian, 9 February, 2022.

Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste, National Parliament offers vote solidarity to Bernard Collaery on his contribution for Timor-Leste Independence, Agencia Noticiosa de Timor-Leste, 8 February 2021

Christopher Knaus, Cabinet documents reveal Australia pushed interests of oil and gas corporates before Timor-Leste bugging, The Guardian, 2 February, 2022.