Senator McKIM (Tasmania) (14:15): This question is to the Minister representing the Attorney-General in the Senate. It relates to the filing of criminal charges by Ms Sarah McNaughton SC, the Commonwealth DPP— Senator Ian Macdonald interjecting— The PRESIDENT: Order, Senator Macdonald! Please continue, Senator McKim. Senator McKIM: against distinguished lawyer Bernard Collaery and his client, Witness K, an unnamed officer of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service, for alleged breaches of article 39 of the Intelligence Services Act. Did any member of the Australian government or their staff have any prior knowledge that Ms McNaughton was going to file these charges and, if so, what was the nature of that knowledge?
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