Rex Patrick on Timor spying: Albanese government’s first secret trial after only 67 days

Rex Patrick is fighting for the release of documents which expose Australia’s spying on Timor-Leste to cheat the little country out of oil and gas reserves. He is in court in Melbourne this minute but it’s a game of “We can neither confirm or deny”. Patrick, a former senator and transparency warrior, kicks off his first column for Michael West Media today.