John Howard likely to give evidence at Bernard Collaery trial, Rex Patrick tells parliament

Published on 2021-08-11

Under parliamentary privilege, independent senator says Australia’s 2004 Timor-Leste spy mission was ‘neither legal nor initiated properly’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s 2004 spy mission targeting Timor-Leste during oil and gas negotiations was “neither legal nor initiated properly” and former prime minister John Howard is likely to be called to give evidence at the trial of Bernard Collaery, the independent senator Rex Patrick has told parliament.Late on Tuesday, Patrick used parliamentary privilege to give “some hints” about what was happening...

By Christopher Knaus

Under parliamentary privilege, independent senator says Australia’s 2004 Timor-Leste spy mission was ‘neither legal nor initiated properly’Get our free news app; get our morning email briefingAustralia’s 2004 spy mission targeting Timor-Leste during oil and gas negotiations was “neither legal nor initiated properly” and former prime minister John Howard is likely to be called to give evidence at the trial of Bernard Collaery, the independent senator Rex Patrick has told parliament.Late on Tuesday, Patrick used parliamentary privilege to give “some hints” about what was happening...Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur, adipisicing elit. Incidunt, quia reprehenderit accusantium facilis labore corporis, officiis eligendi nisi, in consequuntur distinctio ex non vitae laborum animi at eius aut eum! Lorem ipsum dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Quisquam distinctio perspiciatis, iure earum molestias omnis, at similique nostrum cumque ea et? Laudantium, repellendus. Accusamus quos quis praesentium dicta est soluta. Lorem ipsum, dolor sit amet consectetur adipisicing elit. Officia, consectetur dignissimos a officiis sunt aperiam iusto quia adipisci dolore ipsa harum praesentium magni, possimus nobis fugit et commodi itaque amet! read original article here