Not one, but all Man Haron Monis letters to Attorney-General's Department ministers overlooked

By Jane Lee
Updated August 3 2015 - 8:18pm, first published 4:20pm
Attorney-General's Department secretary Chris Moraitis (left) with his minister, George Brandis, in Senate estimates in February. Photo: Andrew Meares
Attorney-General's Department secretary Chris Moraitis (left) with his minister, George Brandis, in Senate estimates in February. Photo: Andrew Meares

The Attorney-General Department's failure to alert a review into the Lindt Cafe siege of a letter from the gunman to George Brandis about contacting Islamic State was not its only mistake, it has emerged. The department also neglected to send any recent letters between Man Haron Monis and its ministers since 2010 because it overlooked them in a spreadsheet, a Senate inquiry has revealed.

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