Overview

• Lehrmann filed Federal Court proceedings naming NACC chief Paul Brereton and Special Minister of State Don Farrell, invoking section 39B of the Judiciary Act.
• His application seeks declarations that he is eligible for taxpayer funding for legal costs tied to two NACC investigations and alleges unreasonable delay and a denial of procedural fairness.
• He also asks the court to issue an injunction pausing any NACC investigation involving him until the funding dispute is decided.
• In a statement, Lehrmann said he is in a financially dire situation and is currently representing himself; the NACC and the Commonwealth have not yet filed responses.
• The NACC executed two search warrants on June 5 last year, including a raid on Lehrmann’s home, in a probe he characterises as involving "French submarine" information from his 2019 work for then minister Linda Reynolds; his defamation appeal remains awaiting judgment.