Government papers revealed in second-hand furniture sale

Head of the National Security College Professor Rory Medcalf at the National Press Club in Canberra, Tuesday, Feb. 21, 2017. (AAP Image/Mick Tsikas) NO ARCHIVING

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

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



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