Australian national cabinet accused of being shrouded in secrets

Finn McHugh
Gerard Cockburn
September 28 2021 - 5:30am
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Phil Gaetjens. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong
Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet secretary Phil Gaetjens. Picture: Sitthixay Ditthavong

The Department of Prime Minister and Cabinet has been accused of shrouding national cabinet in secrecy and rejecting legal findings that the intergovernmental body is not subject to cabinet-in-confidence exemptions.

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Finn McHugh

Finn McHugh

Federal Political Reporter

Finn McHugh has been federal political reporter for The Canberra Times since July 2021. He joined the Canberra Press Gallery in 2019 where he was executive producer of Sky News's AM Agenda, before joining NCA NewsWire as a federal political reporter. He has previously interned at the Kuwait Times.

Gerard Cockburn

Gerard Cockburn

Economics Reporter