Prosecution of whistleblower lawyer Bernard Collaery dropped after decision by attorney general

Mark Dreyfus ordered the commonwealth DPP to discontinue case over alleged unlawful disclosure of classified information

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The attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, has dropped the prosecution against Witness K's lawyer, Bernard Collaery, for allegedly revealing spying on Timor-Leste.

Dreyfus announced in Sydney on Thursday that the commonwealth had discontinued the case in which Collaery was charged with unlawfully disclosing information about an Australian Secret Intelligence Service mission to bug the government offices of Timor-Leste.

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