Gareth Evans says conviction of Witness K should be reversed after Bernard Collaery decision

Former Australian attorney general and foreign minister says prosecution of Witness K's lawyer Collaery, now abandoned, was indefensible'

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The former attorney general and foreign minister Gareth Evans says decency demands Witness K's conviction be reversed after last week's decision to abandon the completely indefensible" prosecution of Bernard Collaery.

Evans, who was due to give evidence in the Collaery proceedings, praised the decision to abandon the prosecution of the former lawyer and ACT attorney general, saying it showed judgment and integrity beyond anything of which the Coalition ... has been capable".

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