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![]() Mr Moses told the hearing it was his case theory that an unnamed person at the meetings - which occurred at an early stage of the Afghanistan inquiry - was Masters. ![]() ![]() It said disclosure could prejudice an investigation and reveal lines of inquiry or the existence or non-existence of confidential sources of information. The Office of the IGADF initially said there were two documents related to the veteran's request but blocked access. The tribunal heard the diary notes cover two meetings, in early March 2017 and late July 2017.Īccess was refused despite reviews internally through the ADF and via the Office of the Information Commissioner, which affirmed previous decisions.Īrthor Moses SC described the timing of the FOI exemption as "curious". "It's too much of a coincidence to be a coincidence, to adapt the quote of Yogi Berra, the US baseball catcher." "In the absence of contrary evidence, it is open to infer this direction was issued in response to FOI request. as to why waited until after the filing of the request to issue such a direction to protect his diary notes from disclosure," he said. "There is no explanation that we're aware of. ![]() One week after the FOI application, the then-head of the long-running Afghanistan inquiry by the Inspector-General of the Australian Defence Force (IGADF), Major General Paul Brereton, made a direction under IGADF regulation that the documents were exempt from the FOI Act. ![]()
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