Meeting Minutes Or Emails Received Or Sent By The Attorney-General’s Department To Dfat, AFP Or The AGO Which Show The Blocking Of Access To An Unredacted Transcript Of Dr Justin Lee’s Discussions…

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These documents relate to a request for a public interest certificate under the Administrative Appeals Tribunal Act 1975 concerning Dr Justin Lee's unredacted transcript of discussions with Indonesian interlocutors related to the Balibo 5 murder investigation and alleged war crimes. The April 2023 correspondence between the Attorney-General's Department and the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade discusses facilitating the Attorney-General's consideration of issuing a certificate to restrict access to sensitive information. The documents are heavily redacted under section 47F(1) (personal information) and marked as containing legal privilege and sensitive national security information. A certificate request letter from DFAT to the AG's Department is referenced but substantive details of the legal arguments or reasoning are obscured by privilege claims and redactions relating to sections 11C(1)(a) and 11G(18A) of the FOI Act.