Emails show Defence secretary backed plan to ask Senate to limit social media sharing of witness footage

Emails show Defence secretary backed plan to ask Senate to limit social media sharing of witness footage

Emails obtained by Guardian Australia under freedom of information show Defence secretary Meghan Quinn backed deputy secretary Celia Perkins' plan to tell a Senate hearing that footage of public servants should not be shared on social media. Perkins' request was also flagged with offices of Deputy PM Richard Marles and assistant minister Peter Khalil. The Senate committee rejected it.

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