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Government loses bid to keep terror funding documents secret
Key takeaways
- Michelle Rowland has said it is standard procedure to request confidentiality for cabinet documents.
- The Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion has rejected the federal government's public immunity claim over cabinet documents.
- The documents pertain to the counterterrorism enforcement budget, and if it declined between 2020 and 2025.
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Michelle Rowland has said it is standard procedure to request confidentiality for cabinet documents. (ABC News: Stuart Carnegie)
The Royal Commission on Anti-Semitism and Social Cohesion has rejected the federal government's public immunity claim over cabinet documents.
The documents pertain to the counterterrorism enforcement budget, and if it declined between 2020 and 2025.
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