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LATE NEWS
Newspaper
action
stopped
The Government had decided to drop
legal proceedings under the crimes act
against The Sydney Morning Herald
and The Age newspapers for publishing
extracts of a hook on Australian foreign
policy and defence.
This was revealed by the Attorney
General, Senator Durack, in Par
liament last night.
He said Crimes Act proceedings
against the publishers, Mr George
Munster and Mr Richard Walsh, and
the distributors would also be dropped,
but proceedings for breach of copyright
and breach of confidence would con
tinue in the NSW Supreme Court.
He told the Opposition "shadow at
torney-general" Senator Evans that he
disagreed with a ruling by Mr Justice
Mason in the High Court last year that
rejected a Commonwealth claim for
breach of confidentiality, while grant
ing an injunction on other grounds.
Senator Durack said "We are very
concerned to ensure some form of ade
quate legal protection".
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