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The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) has ceased its investigation of Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of stealing classified documents about French submarines from the office of former Defence Minister Linda Reynolds in 2019. In June 2024, during Operation Ivanhoe, authorities raided Lehrmann's home and seized a diary allegedly containing eight pages of classified information. Despite ongoing legal battles where Lehrmann claims these actions were an abuse of power, he is no longer under investigation for this specific allegation as the NACC has decided to take no further action.
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Story summary
The National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) dropped its investigation into Bruce Lehrmann after raiding his home and that of his former media minder, John Macgowan, in June 2024. The raids were part of Operation Ivanhoe and involved claims that Lehrmann had stolen secret documents about French submarines from the office of former defense minister Linda Reynolds five years earlier. Officials seized a blue Moleskine diary during the raid, which NACC claimed contained some of the "most sensitive material ever held by the Australian government." Despite these serious allegations, on Monday, Lehrmann and Macgowan were informed that the investigation had been terminated. This decision concludes a prolonged legal saga where Lehrmann sued former NACC commissioner Paul Brereton and Labor's federal Special Minister of State Don Farrell over the costs incurred during the probe.
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In short:
The NACC has abandoned a probe into ex-political staffer Bruce Lehrmann, who was accused of taking classified material from his former boss's office.
asserted
who → abandon → office
The 31-year-old sued the special minister of state and the then-head of the NACC, who he accused of abusing their power.
asserted
he → sue → power
Bruce Lehrmann is no longer under investigation for allegedly using secrets about French submarines for his own ends.
uncertain
Lehrmann → use → ends
The ex-political staffer got the reprieve on Monday after a letter from the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) informed him it had abandoned the probe.
asserted
it → get → probe
The notification ends part of a saga that began with officials raiding the 31-year-old's home in June 2024 over allegations he swiped secret documents from the office of former defence minister Linda Reynolds five years earlier.
asserted
he → end → Reynolds
The sweep, conducted under an operation dubbed "Ivanhoe", included seizing a blue moleskin diary, which the government claimed contained eight pages of classified security information.
asserted
government → conduct → information
"The former commissioner decided to take no further action concerning the investigation in Operation Ivanhoe," the corruption watchdog's letter reads.
asserted
letter → decide → Ivanhoe
Mr Lehrmann then sued Special Minister of State Don Farrell and then-NACC commissioner Paul Brereton, saying the raids were an abuse of the watchdog's power.
asserted
raids → sue → power
He also alleges he was unlawfully forced to give evidence at two secret hearings in October 2024 in Hobart, where he resides, and described the agency's investigation as driven by "frivolous, James Bond-like allegations".
asserted
he → allege → allegations
"The NACC has been a colossal waste of taxpayer money," Mr Lehrmann said in response to the watchdog's letter on Monday.
asserted
Lehrmann → say → Monday
"Over two years the former commissioner used his powers to personally advance a conspiracy that I was a spy and traitor to the nation, selling defence secrets to foreign countries.
asserted
I → use → countries
"The NACC needs to be abolished and replaced with nothing."
asserted
NACC → need → nothing
Mr Lehrmann was accused of foraging for the classified information on the French submarines days after he allegedly raped his colleague Brittany Higgins in then-senator Reynolds's parliament house office, in March 2019.
uncertain
he → accuse → March
The rape allegations were found to be proven, on the balance of probabilities, by Federal Court Justice Michael Lee in 2024.
asserted
allegations → find → 2024
That finding was upheld twice by the Full Federal Court and the High Court.
asserted
finding → uphold → Court
Mr Lehrmann has denied the sexual assault claims, which remain untested in a criminal court.
uncertain
which → deny → court
The ex-Liberal staffer remains party to a second anti-corruption investigation, Operation Greenough, into whether federal police misused information during their probe into Ms Higgins's alleged sexual assault.
asserted
police → remain → assault
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