Legal experts criticise national cabinet secrecy bid as 'bizarre' and 'disrespectful'

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University of Sydney constitutional law expert Anne Twomey, speaking in a private capacity, blasted the attempt to change the law to impose cabinet confidentiality.A judge previously rejected the government's assertion the meetings - held to discuss the COVID-19 pandemic response - amounted to a committee of federal cabinet whose minutes were exempt from FOI laws.

"It's just a mess and it shows disrespect for the people, for the courts, everyone to go around asserting in legislation things that aren't true. "Accepting that there is merit in encouraging candid discussion in national cabinet, it is not apparent that secrecy needs to extend to the topics discussed or the information presented to that body," its submission to the inquiry said.

What are they hiding.

Of course they want it to remain secret...they want Australians to remain mushrooms...so they can rule in conspiracy and dictation for as long as they want...think about that for a minute and what it means... Say 'NO' to QR vaccine passports! Say 'YES' to freedom!

Something illegal to hide much, possibly nasty.

Get Wikileaks to inform the Australian public ?

DrKW12 Fair description of the LNP government 'bizarre, messy and disrespectful....auspol

What part of NATIONAL Cabinet... is not in the NATION'S interest? Are you afraid of the truth Scummo? auspol

The problem also is Labor seem to back most of this anti freedom stuff. We are doomed. Honestly Australia forming into another form of Nazi Germany minus the obvious extreme racism. We are being molded into an aggressive authoritarian state with compliant media.

Why am I not surprised?

How about deceitful, corrupt and undermining the democratic process of Australia? LNPStarChamber LNPCorruptionParty

It’s high time to vote for change in the government

StephanieKakos1 And what's going to happen about it?

Ah...so not corrupt, despotic, & dangerous?

What’s he got to hide?

Magna Carta said to be King John's, In truth, a surrender to the barons, Was a law when law bore down On the acts of the crown; Legislations now only make more potent Sovereign, unchecked & unrepentant, & Worse, dress the state's criminality With affectation of legality.

Is SBS putting any pressure on the Government? Seems as though you are in lockstep with the federal and the state governments with the vaccine mandates and vacccine passports and are doing everything in your power to push out the government propaganda. Where's the push back?

More proof that we are electing politicians who we pay to do things to us not for us, now they intend to make it increasingly difficult to find out which of them are pushing these decisions, its like a Star Chamber on the future of Australia.

Just like the Government treats so many…

sounds like describing Morrison

'bizarre, messy and disrespectful' - Morrison govt a nutshell. Add 'mediocre', 'misery' and 'devious' and it's spot on.

What does he have to hide?

such a family man, isn't he?

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