Senate debates

Tuesday, 26 November 2019

Questions without Notice

Australian Capital Territory: Imprisonment of 'Alan Johns'

2:58 pm

Photo of Nick McKimNick McKim (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, do you accept that open justice is a fundamental plank of the rule of law? How can a secret charge, trial and conviction happen in a liberal democracy like Australia? What possible circumstances could justify this extreme level of secrecy?

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