The ability for courts to hold trials in secret to deal with national security matters will be scrutinised at a two-day hearing in Canberra.
Grant Donaldson, Australia’s Independent National Security Legislation Monitor, will hear from government officials, intelligence bosses, prosecutors and human rights advocates.
There will also be a session with the legal team for Bernard Collaery, whose prosecution over allegedly leaking classified information about an alleged Australian spying operation in East Timor was dropped in 2022.
Mr. Donaldson cautioned against secret trials after the case of the former military intelligence officer dubbed Witness J, also known by the pseudonym Alan Johns….