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Exclusive: Morrison government used risk assessment tool known as VERA-2R on 14 occasions after receiving independent report
The Morrison government was warned of serious problems with a tool designed to predict future crime before using it on 14 occasions over three years, including to justify the use of extraordinary preventative detention powers for terrorist offenders who had finished their sentences.
Guardian Australia can also reveal that, in three separate cases, the government failed to disclose to defendants that it knew of deep flaws with the tool being used to assess their likelihood of future offending.
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