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Are ‘secret trials’ happening in Australia more than we think?

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An exterior of the Alexander Maconochie Centre's independent living building.
An exterior of the Alexander Maconochie Centre's independent living building, taken from the rear of the building.(ABC News)

The mysterious case of a man imprisoned in the ACT last year in a process which was hidden from the public, is raising questions over whether more such "secret trials" are taking place in Australia.

It is understood that the prisoner, given a pseudonym of Alan Johns, was a former intelligence official, but details about his crime and background have been kept suppressed.

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Stephen Blanks, spokesperson, New South Wales Council for Civil Liberties
Brian Toohey, author
Michael Shoebridge, defence director, Australian Strategic Policy Institute

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