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Magdalene L. D'Silva's avatar

To assist briefly as Maryanne's co-author. Please see Justice Mossop's sentencing judgment linked in the story. It contains parts of David McBride's police interview which show he didn't plan to whistleblow on Australian soldiers and apparently distanced himself from the ABC story because his initial or main purpose was to protect those soldiers he considered were unfairly investigated for war crimes he says they didn't commit. Ultimately, McBride's disclosures seem to have revealed both.

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And it really isn’t just Military secrets. Public servants are constrained by the public service act and national cabinet 20 year confidentiality. The truth only comes out with a Royal Commission like robodebt.

Remember the Sacked public servant who 'failed to conceal identity despite anonymous tweets'

https://amp.smh.com.au/politics/federal/sacked-public-servant-failed-to-conceal-identity-despite-anonymous-tweets-20190320-p515x0.html

We often are challenged by political decisions to stop the public knowing

Morrison with his 5 secret ministries was able to cover his tracks and we still don’t know what secret deals he made with Big Pharma under cover of Cabinet secrets and how many died in the Pandemic because no one could speak out

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