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‘Are we now a totalitarian state?’: case of Canberra’s mystery prisoner alarms judge
Former NSW supreme court judge flags concerns as lawyers call for overhaul of secrecy laws
A former New South Wales supreme court judge says the secret prosecution of a mystery Canberra inmate appears to be a “complete abandonment of open justice” as Australia’s peak lawyers’ body renews calls for a…
- Christopher Knaus
- The Guardian
Anthony Whealy, a judge with lengthy experience in NSW’s highest courts, has warned that the secret prosecution and imprisonment of a man in the Australian Capital Territory poses serious questions about the…
“At first blush, this looks like the…