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Bernard Collaery’s trial date set for October, against his wishes, as dispute with federal government drags on
Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery will face trial in the ACT Supreme Court in October, four years after he was first charged with conspiring to release classified information about an alleged spying operation in East Timor.
Mr Collaery is facing five charges, including that he breached the law by communicating classified information to journalists, and that he conspired with a man known as Witness K to share the information with the government of East Timor.
- Elizabeth Byrne
- ABC
Mr Collaery had been appointed as Witness K’s lawyer in a workplace dispute, in the early 2000s.
At the time, Mr Collaery was also working with the government of East Timor in its dispute with Australia over an…