Lambie, Hanson and Pocock form unlikely alliance to protect transparency campaigner Rex Patrick

An unusual political alliance has formed in Australia. Senators Jacqui Lambie and David Pocock, alongside One Nation leader Pauline Hanson, are calling on the government to drop a legal threat against transparency campaigner Rex Patrick. Patrick has been seeking documents about where nuclear waste from Australia's AUKUS submarines will be stored—that's the Australia-UK-US security partnership. He won a freedom of information appeal in May, but the government unexpectedly escalated the case to federal court. The cross-partisan pressure suggests lawmakers across the spectrum believe the government's taking secrecy too far.

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