Legal Aid lawyers kept in the dark over ‘damning’ report on terror risk assessment tool
by Christopher Knaus and Nino Bucci from World news | The Guardian on (#6BA9W)
Report which cast doubt over use of VERA-2R tool in detaining terror suspects post-sentencing was not shared with state governments or legal aid
Legal Aid lawyers were left oblivious to a damning government-held report which cast doubt on a tool used to lock up or control 25 of their clients on the basis they might commit a terrorist offence in the future.
Guardian Australia has revealed serious problems with the way the federal and New South Wales governments have wielded extraordinary powers to detain or control individuals for crimes they have not yet committed.
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