Lambie, Hanson and Pocock form unlikely alliance to protect transparency campaigner Rex Patrick

Published July 1, 2026 · Category: News

Overview

Exclusive: Patrick is using freedom of information rules to seek where nuclear waste from Aukus submarines will be kept

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Jacqui Lambie, Pauline Hanson and David Pocock have joined a push for the government to stop a legal threat against Rex Patrick, after bureaucrats unexpectedly escalated a transparency case to the federal court.

Details

Patrick, a transparency campaigner and former senator, is seeking documents detailing where nuclear waste from the Aukus submarine fleet will be kept within Australia, and won an administrative appeal under freedom of information rules in May.

Source

Originally published at www.theguardian.com.

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