ALT Picture of David McBride and Richard Medhurst in a videocall. On top of that, text. "Funnily enough, this government information blackout applied only to my evidence and not their evidence." - David McBride, Australian government whistleblower

ALT screenshot of David McBride and Jordan Shanks sitting at a table, laughing. "We're taking on the Australian Defense Force as an appetizer; we'll move on to the main, the CIA, and for dessert, the White House" -FJ

ALT Image of David McBride with quoted text. "Most people did the right thing, most people were really good. The problem was with the commanders. This is the key to my complaint, to say: we became so enamoured with the media idea. If somebody was good-looking and a good talker, even if there was evidence to say that they had murdered someone, we were talking them up. And then we realised we might have backed the wrong people. And then we started saying: 'sh*t we need to get some non-entities, make scapegoats of them.' We can't be putting non-entities in gaol, just to protect famous people."David McBride

ALT 8 November 2023 The Hon Richard Marles MP Deputy Prime Minister and Minister for Defence Parliament House CANBERRA Dear Deputy Prime Minister The Afghanistan Inquiry Implementation Oversight Panel is pleased to submit its Final Report. The Panel has been advised by Defence that there is no need or justification for this Report to be classified. The Panel’s appointment commenced on 9 November 2020 for an initial term of two years which you extended for a further 12 months. During those three years, the Panel has oversighted Defence’s response to the Afghanistan Inquiry’s recommendations, other matters which attracted the Panel’s attention and finally the Enterprise Initiatives comprised in the Afghanistan Inquiry Reform Program. In all of its work, the Panel has received willing cooperation and assistance from all parts of Defence. The Panel acknowledges the contribution made by Mr Simon Buckley,

ALT Excerpt of results of applications for special leave to appeal, published by the High Court on 9 Oct 2025. The table includes colums for No. Applicant, Respondent, Court appealed from, Result. The row for McBride: 11. McBride, The King (C13/2025), Supreme Court of the Australian Capital Territory (Court of Appeal) [2025] ACTCA 16, Special leave refused [2025] HCADisp 232