A top-secret spy mission, a decades-old scandal – and the Austin Powers-esque saga to lift the lid

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Webmaster Launch Director Joined: Feb 2001 Posts: 678,977 Los Angeles, USA	A top-secret spy mission, a decades-old scandal - and the Austin Powers-esque saga to lift the lid Rex Patrick’s latest transparency fight is over what he calls ‘most open secret in the history of Australian spying’ - maybe even the world Get our daily political email, free app or daily news podcast A campaign to uncover any documents relating to whether Australian spies bugged Timor-Leste to gain the upper hand in sensitive oil and gas negotiations will be a little less secret after a critical win by the former senator Rex Patrick. The politician turned transparency advocate is trying to finally lift the lid on the top-secret mission in 2004 that became a public scandal years later after an ex-spy and a former attorney general attempted to mount a case in The Hague. Continue reading... https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2026/oct/31/timor-leste-australia-bugging-rex-patrick-ntwnfb