Government papers revealed in second-hand furniture sale

The Department of the Prime Minister and Cabinet has launched an urgent investigation into how thousands of pages of top-secret information surfaced in two second-hand filing cabinets. The highly classified documents should have remained confidential for decades, but, in a major security breach, were obtained by the media. ASIO officers have secured thousands of sensitive government cabinet documents at ABC offices in Canberra and Brisbane in an early morning operation

Head of the National Security College Professor Rory Medcalf at the National Press Club in Canberra (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING Source: AAP