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(Shades of Trump). Coalition staffers may have taken classified documents after election loss. Labor’s Sen. Anne Urquhart has told senate estimates Services Australia investigated two staff in Linda Reynolds’ office for transferring data off government network. 
Oh, Lindy. "Senator Reynolds’ office was emailing a large volume of official documents from government email accounts to a private Gmail account," Sen. Urquhart said. “I understand the documents in question were marked with the classification ‘official’." theguardian.com/australia-news…
Sen. Urquhart then said she was told the staff members felt they had to go along “with the theft of the classified documents” because they were directed to do so by Reynolds. Services Australia chief executive officer, Rebecca Skinner, declined to answer.
The Senate has just passed the #NACC Bill. It won’t be the blind and toothless corruption watchdog Morrison reluctantly proposed, but with public hearings only in “exceptional circumstances” it’ll be a watchdog with only one ear and rarely be seen outside its kennel. #auspol
Open hearings allow the public to see the allegations being investigated, the evidence, the counterfactuals, and most importantly, the conduct of counsel assisting and the Corruption Commissioner him or herself. They allow the public to be the scrutineers. #auspol
On the contrary, hearings shrouded in secrecy undermine the public’s confidence in the Commission and any findings and reports it may make.
