Senator asks why prosecutors sat on Witness K evidence for three years

Rex Patrick uses parliamentary privilege to query delay in charges being brought against spying whistleblowers

Prosecutors sat on evidence for three years before charging former spy Witness K and his lawyer Bernard Collaery, parliament has heard.

Centre Alliance senator Rex Patrick has used privilege to question whether the case was deliberately delayed to avoid a diplomatic incident between Timor-Leste and Australia during recently completed talks on their maritime boundary, which split up lucrative oil and gas reserves.

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