Exclusive: Grant Donaldson faults Independent Security Legislation Monitor Jake Blight for ‘clarification’ to old annual report which criticised Mark Dreyfus

The former independent watchdog on Australia’s national security laws has accused his successor of bowing to pressure from the attorney general, Mark Dreyfus, in publishing a “clarification” to an old annual report that had criticised Dreyfus over a terrorism case.

The current Independent Security Legislation Monitor (INSLM), Jake Blight, has confirmed to Guardian Australia that both Dreyfus and one of his staff separately raised concerns earlier this year about what they alleged was “ambiguity” in the INSLM’s 2022-23 report, written by his predecessor Grant Donaldson.

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