Move to further restrict access to documents prepared for government ministers may go against the right to political free speech

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A proposed move by the federal government to keep more official documents secret could fall foul of the constitution, a legal expert says.

According to Luke Beck, a Monash university professor of constitutional law, the Labor government’s disproportionate restriction of access to documents prepared for government ministers may contradict an implied freedom of political communication.

Source: Guardian - World News