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[email protected] ALRC homepage: www.alrc.gov.au Printed by The SOS Printing Group (Australia) Pty Ltd The Hon Philip Ruddock MP Attorney-General of Australia Suite MF 21 Parliament House Canberra ACT 2600 31 May 2004 Dear Attorney-General, The Protection of Classified and Security Sensitive Information On 2 April 2003, the Commission received a reference from the then Attorney- General, the Hon Daryl Williams AM QC MP, pursuant to the Australian Law Reform Commission Act 1996, to undertake a review of the handling and protection of classified and security sensitive information in legal proceedings.