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East Timor yesterday hailed Australia’s “wise decision” to drop charges against a lawyer accused of helping to expose an alleged bugging operation against the Southeast Asian nation. The case centered on allegations of an Australian operation in 2004 to bug East Timor’s Cabinet rooms during negotiations over an oil and gas treaty and maritime boundary. It became public in 2018 when Australian lawyer Bernard Collaery and his client, identified as “Witness K,” were charged with breaching the Intelligence Services Act for divulging details of Canberra’s alleged spying operation. Aus...

From Crikey ….. The lawyer at the centre of the East Timor cabinet-bugging scandal has finally broken his silence to defend himself and his client against attacks by Attorney-General George Brandis and Abbott government lawyers.

The Attorney-General has ordered five secrecy charges against Canberra lawyer Bernard Collaery be dropped. Mr Collaery was facing five offences…

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The Australian Capital Territory's (ACT) Supreme Court has ruled the lawfulness of an alleged Australian spying operation in ...