Labor demands confirmation Solicitor-General approved terrorism legislation

By Fergus Hunter
Updated October 27 2016 - 6:08pm, first published 5:22pm
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus Mark Dreyfus has written to the chairman of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen
Shadow attorney-general Mark Dreyfus Mark Dreyfus has written to the chairman of the parliamentary joint committee on intelligence and security. Photo: Alex Ellinghausen

Labor says it cannot properly consider legislation allowing the ongoing detention of "high-risk terrorist offenders" until the government guarantees that outgoing Solicitor-General Justin Gleeson provided advice on the final version.

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