Senator Rex Patrick lashes out at ‘freedom of information abuse at its worst’ after government spent almost two years trying to stop release of report criticising Thales fleet purchase
The federal government has been accused of spending seven months needlessly dragging out an already protracted legal battle to hide documents on a $1.3bn arms deal, behaviour described as “freedom of information abuse at its worst”.
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