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Document behind News Corp's 'bombshell dossier' on China coronavirus may be released … in 2023

Australia rejects freedom of information request for ‘reference paper’ that touched on Wuhan laboratory theory

It was described as a “bombshell dossier” that detailed China’s “assault on international transparency” and gave some weight to Donald Trump’s disputed claims that the coronavirus may have leaked out of a laboratory in Wuhan.

But the document that formed the basis of tabloid reports in Australia – and triggered a flurry of follow-up stories in the US and elsewhere – may not be released to the public for three years or more.

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