This is Australian politics' biggest scandal, and the most powerful people in the country are ensuring you know as little about it as possible.
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The resort to suppression orders by our courts undermines faith in the legal system and is used by the legal industry to avoid scrutiny.
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Crikey readers discuss the Witness K trial, the Victorian Election preference battle and Scott Morrison's religious bent.
The Witness K and Bernard Collaery case could well continue behind closed doors, prompting great concern over their right to a fair trial. But who gets to make the decision?
Crikey receives responses from Animal Justice Party president Bruce Poon and Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm.
The government is trying dirty tricks in its efforts to prevent the public from knowing about its persecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery.
The government is desperate to hide its prosecution of Witness K and Bernard Collaery. But who will benefit from a cover-up?